The Effects of Price Reductions on Uptake of Preventive Dental Care
ConditionPreventive Oral Health
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-70
SponsorUniversity of Chile
About this trial
This study evaluates the effectiveness of price discounts in encouraging patients to schedule dental check-ups. Patients will be randomized to receive WhatsApp messages offering a preventive dental check-up at different price levels with or without a discount coupon for future dental treatments.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients who have an appointment scheduled within the next 1 to 7 days
The appointment must be scheduled in the medical area only
The appointment must be at a center that also offers dental services
Patients who have not received a preventive dental message in the last month
Disqualifiers
None
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Dental appointment message with intermediate price discount
- Dental appointment message with large price discount
- Dental appointment message with intermediate price discount and coupon
Treatment groups
172,800 Participants
are divided into 4 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov