Incentives in the Health Science

Abstract

This final chapter of the book explores the impact of incentives on medical research. It focuses on the role of various stakeholders – academicians, journals, media, doctors, governments – in affecting scientific outcomes. It discusses common research methodologies and underlines that polluting factors such as incidental wrong findings, methodological problems, and proxy measurements are among the factors which can distort results. Stakeholder incentives, including publication bias, media sensationalism, researcher objectives, and conflicts of interest, within the pharmaceutical industry can complicate research integrity. This chapter concludes with some suggestions to improve the quality and reliability of medical research.

Citation

Yıldırım, A. (2024), "Incentives in the Health Science", Behavioral Economics in Healthcare, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 111-128. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83662-080-820241008