# Using Behavioral Economics to Reduce Low-Value Care

> **NCT04104256** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of California, Los Angeles** · enrollment: 1045 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pre-Operative Testing for Cataract Surgery

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Nudge #1: Alert highlighting the safety/potential harms to patients of undergoing pre-op tests
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Nudge #2: Alert highlighting the financial harms to the patient experiencing pre-op tests
- **BEHAVIORAL:** Nudge #3: Alert highlighting potential psychological harms to the patient of experiencing pre-op tests
- **OTHER:** Usual Care

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04104256
- **Lead sponsor:** University of California, Los Angeles
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2021-06-24
- **Primary completion:** 2023-04-11
- **Final completion:** 2023-08-14
- **Target enrollment:** 1045 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2024-09-19

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04104256

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04104256, "Using Behavioral Economics to Reduce Low-Value Care". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04104256. Licensed CC0.

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