Active — Not RecruitingNot Applicable

Effect of Cash Benefits on Health Care Spending

United States3,615 participantsStarted 2020-07-27

Plain-language summary

During the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Chelsea, Massachusetts held a lottery to allocate monthly cash benefits to its residents. Using data from the Chelsea Eats program, the investigators propose to study the impact of the cash benefit on health care spending.

Who can participate

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Resident of Chelsea, Massachusetts * Household income at or below 30% of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Area Median Income Exclusion Criteria: * See inclusion criteria

What they're measuring

Health care spending for medical services

Timeframe: 9 months

Trial details

NCT IDNCT07381049

SponsorHarvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2021-12-31

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