Status:
COMPLETED
Revising Employee Benefits for the Sake of Health
Lead Sponsor:
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
Conditions:
Healthy
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-65 years
Brief Summary
This study will explore ways in which employee benefits may be designed to improve people's health, through examining the viewpoints and preferences of low-income people. A person's health is affected...
Detailed Description
An individual's health is affected not only by access to health care but also by a number of determinants such as income and education. Individuals with low incomes are not as healthy as those with hi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- INCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Men and women who are between the ages of 18-65, and are employed with an income of up to three times the federal poverty level will be included in this study so that information can be learned about the employee benefit preferences of low-income employees.
- Minority individuals, particularly African Americans and English speaking Hispanics will be included, and will be recruited to represent one third of the study sample because of the high prevalence of minorities among the low-income population in the US.
- EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
- Non-English speakers will be excluded because they will be unable to participate in the discussion that participants engage in about the reasons for their benefit choices.
- Individuals who cannot read at a 6th grade level, will be excluded because they will have difficulty reading information provided on the computer screen during the exercise.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 28 2004
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 18 2017
Estimated Enrollment :
408 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00097461
Start Date
September 28 2004
End Date
April 18 2017
Last Update
October 6 2017
Active Locations (1)
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892