Thursday, June 26, 2014
Come on--take your meds and we'll pay you
Weirdly, some people slack off in that situation. Yet not taking it makes you 80% more likely to die in the year following your attack.
They get pill bottles that report in if the bottle isn't opened.
Each day, also, patients can win $5 or $10 (one in five chance) if they take the pills.
The docs say this is mostly for fun--it's not fun to be chronically ill, they add. So a little incentive brightens the day.
No results are in yet on how many lives have been saved or extended.
Living isn't enough--but five bucks would do it?