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Incentive Limitations

Meaning

Incentive Limitations refer to the clinical and ethical necessity of establishing clear boundaries and constraints on the use of financial or non-financial rewards to motivate patient behavior within a wellness or clinical program. In the context of hormonal health, this means ensuring that incentives for compliance, such as achieving biomarker targets or adhering to a demanding protocol, do not compromise the patient’s autonomy or create undue pressure. These limitations are critical to maintaining the integrity of the clinical relationship and ensuring that health decisions are intrinsically motivated and ethically sound. The focus must remain on the therapeutic benefit, not the reward.