Nature
Biomedical/Health Tech
A simple payment nudge gave babies a healthier start — and it's cheaper than most interventions
Like a small coupon that reminds you to book a doctor's appointment, small financial incentives to pregnant parents led to measurably better birth weights without expensive pharmaceutical tricks.
This means some of our biggest health challenges might be solved not by harder science but by understanding what actually moves people to care for themselves.
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