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Effect of Cash Benefits on Health Care Spending 3,615

Active, not recruiting
Clinical Trial NCT07381049 is an interventional study for Health Care Costs, Health Care Utilization that is active, not recruiting. It started on 27 July 2020 with plans to enroll 3,615 participants. Led by Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM), it is expected to complete by 1 December 2026. The latest data from ClinicalTrials.gov was last updated on 5 February 2026.
Brief 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.
Official Title

Effect of Cash Benefits on Health Care Spending

Conditions
Health Care CostsHealth Care Utilization
Other Study IDs
  • 2021P003354
NCT ID Number
NCT07381049
Start Date (Actual)
2020-07-27
Last Update Posted
2026-02-05
Completion Date (Estimated)
2026-12
Enrollment (Estimated)
3,615
Study Type
Interventional
PHASE
N/A
Status
Active, not recruiting
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Design Allocation
Randomized
Interventional Model
Parallel
Masking
Triple
Arms / Interventions
Participant Group/ArmIntervention/Treatment
ExperimentalTreatment Group
Participants in the treatment group received up to $400 per month.
Cash Benefit
Spending from the cards was not restricted to food but could be spent on anything and anywhere Visa was accepted. The debit cards were credited with the first payment on November 18th, 2020 and the second payment on December 18th, 2020. The program continued with monthly credits through August 2021.
Active ComparatorControl Group
Participants in the control group did not receive monthly cash benefits.
No Cash Benefit
No monthly cash benefit.
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome MeasureMeasure DescriptionTime Frame
Health care spending for medical services
Total payments to providers for medical services
9 months
Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome MeasureMeasure DescriptionTime Frame
Health care spending in acute care setting
Total payments to providers for medical services in the acute care setting
9 months
Health care spending in outpatient setting
Total payments to providers for medical services in outpatient setting
9 months
Health care spending for prescription drugs
Total payments for prescription services
9 months
Participation Assistant
Eligibility Criteria

Eligible Ages
Child, Adult, Older Adult
Eligible Sexes
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Yes
  • Resident of Chelsea, Massachusetts
  • Household income at or below 30% of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Area Median Income

  • See inclusion criteria
Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM) logoHarvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)
Study Responsible Party
Sumit Agarwal, Principal Investigator, Primary Care Physician, Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)
No contact data.
3 Study Locations in 1 Countries

Massachusetts

Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138, United States

Michigan

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States