Patient preferences for incentives in Contingency Management interventions in methadone treatment: A best-worst scale analysis
Treatment fee support, take-home methadone privilege, and coupons for prioritizing checkup at clinics emerged as the most desirable incentives for patients. We recommend future CM intervention may consider using these incentives as the first-line rewards to offer to reinforce treatment adherence and retention in methadone treatment. These findings suggest potential low-cost CM strategies that could inform decision-making in MMT programs.
Authors
- Van Hai Hoang
- Trang Thu Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8746-100X)
- Thuyet Thi Phung
- Giang Minh Le
- Thuy Thi Dieu Dao
- William C. Miller
- Huong Thi Le
- Vivian F. Go
- Brian W. Pence
- Hue Thi Nguyen
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Hanoi Medical University (VN)
- Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-01-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0341359
- Primary Topic
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Mental Health
- Fogarty International Center