Effect of Cash Benefits on Health Care Utilization

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Conditions studied: Health Care Utilization

In brief

Using data from the Chelsea Eats program, we propose to study a randomized controlled trial in which the City of Chelsea, Massachusetts held a lottery to allocate cash benefits to its residents for ten months during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. We will analyze the impact of the cash benefit on health care utilization and health.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05622903

Run by

Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)

People needed

3615

Starts

2020-07-27

Expected to finish

2024-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2024-07-12

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Resident of Chelsea, Massachusetts
• Household income at or below 30% of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Area Median Income

You may not qualify if…

• See inclusion criteria

Where it is running

• Harvard Medical School — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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