Clinical Trial

Effect of Cash Benefits on Health Care Spending

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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.
Protocol Amendment History 1 amendment
This ClinicalTrials.gov record has been amended once since 2026-01-23.
Trial Details
NCT Number NCT07381049
Lead Sponsor Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)
Collaborators: Brigham and Women's Hospital, University of Michigan, Harvard University
Conditions Health Care Costs, Health Care Utilization
Enrollment 3,615 participants
Start Date 2020-07-27
Primary Completion 2021-12-31 (estimated)
Study Completion 2026-12 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov 2026-02-05