The Intersection of Behavioral Economics and the General Medicine Literature.

Abstract Judgment and decision-making influence health-related behavior and clinical decision-making, and ultimately health. It has been estimated that more than half of health disorders derive from behavioral consequences of unhealthy choices. We considered the question of how to better understand and improve decision-making in health and medicine through a narrative review of use and examples of concepts from Behavioral Economics, a field of study that combines insights from behavioral science and economic decision-making, in the three highest impact general medicine journals.