Doctors who liked the idea of giving money rewards to themselves or their patients for staying healthy saw bigger drops in their patients' bad cholesterol, especially when both doctor and patient got rewards.

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Physician attitudes toward participating in a financial incentive program for LDL reduction are associated with patient outcomes.

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Doctors who liked the idea of getting paid for helping patients lower cholesterol actually helped their patients do better when those payment programs were used.

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Physician attitudes toward participating in a financial incentive program for LDL reduction are associated with patient outcomes.

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DOI: 10.1016/j.hjdsi.2016.09.002