The effect of SMS reminders on health screening uptake

A randomized experiment in Indonesia

verfasst von

Maja E. Marcus, Anna Reuter, Lisa Rogge, Sebastian Vollmer

Abstract

As cardiovascular diseases (CVD) become the leading cause of death in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), this raises new challenges for health systems. Regular screening is a key measure to manage CVD risk, but the uptake of such services remains low. We conducted a randomized controlled trial in Indonesia to assess whether personalized and targeted text messages increase the usage of public screening services for diabetes and hypertension in the at-risk population. Our intervention increased screening uptake by 6.6 percentage points. We show that text messages can be effective in the context of a relatively new disease burden in LMICs, where population responses may still be shaped by low salience and missing screening routines.

Organisationseinheit(en)

Institut für Makroökonomik

Externe Organisation(en)

Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Harvard University
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung (BIB)
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)

Typ

Artikel

Journal

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Band

227

Anzahl der Seiten

28

ISSN

0167-2681

Publikationsdatum

11.2024

Publikationsstatus

Veröffentlicht

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Volkswirtschaftslehre und Ökonometrie, Organisationslehre und Personalmanagement

Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung

SDG 3 – Gute Gesundheit und Wohlergehen

Elektronische Version(en)

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106715 (Zugang: Offen)