Maja Marcus - The effect of SMS reminders on health screening uptake:

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Maja E. Marcus, Anna Reuter, Lisa Rogge, Sebastian Vollmer
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, vol. 227, Elsevier BV, 2024 Nov, p. 106715

DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106715

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Marcus, M. E., Reuter, A., Rogge, L., & Vollmer, S. (2024). The effect of SMS reminders on health screening uptake: A randomized experiment in Indonesia. Journal of Economic Behavior &Amp;Amp; Organization, 227, 106715. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106715

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Marcus, Maja E., Anna Reuter, Lisa Rogge, and Sebastian Vollmer. “The Effect of SMS Reminders on Health Screening Uptake: A Randomized Experiment in Indonesia.” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 227 (November 2024): 106715.

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Marcus, Maja E., et al. “The Effect of SMS Reminders on Health Screening Uptake: A Randomized Experiment in Indonesia.” Journal of Economic Behavior &Amp;Amp; Organization, vol. 227, Elsevier BV, Nov. 2024, p. 106715, doi:10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106715.

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@article{marcus2024a,
  title = {The effect of SMS reminders on health screening uptake: A randomized experiment in Indonesia},
  year = {2024},
  month = nov,
  journal = {Journal of Economic Behavior &amp; Organization},
  pages = {106715},
  publisher = {Elsevier BV},
  volume = {227},
  doi = {10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106715},
  author = {Marcus, Maja E. and Reuter, Anna and Rogge, Lisa and Vollmer, Sebastian},
  month_numeric = {11}
}

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.