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Craig R. Fox is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the field of Medicine, focusing notably on General Health Professions, Economics and Econometrics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Health, and Epidemiology. The scope of their work spans several detailed subfields relevant to understanding healthcare and health decision-making.

The main topics covered by their research include:

  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices
  • Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions

Their recent papers demonstrate engagement with behavioral interventions and health system outcomes. Key publications include:

  • A megastudy of text-based nudges encouraging patients to get vaccinated at an upcoming doctor's appointment, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The role of trust in the likelihood of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine: Results from a national survey, 2021, Preventive Medicine
  • A Mega-Study of Text-Based Nudges Encouraging Patients to Get Vaccinated at an Upcoming Doctor's Appointment, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Details matter: predicting when nudging clinicians will succeed or fail, 2020, BMJ
  • A Randomized Trial of Behavioral Nudges Delivered Through Text Messages to Increase Influenza Vaccination Among Patients With an Upcoming Primary Care Visit, 2022, American Journal of Health Promotion

The venues where they frequently publish further reflect their research focus and include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Behavioral Science & Policy
  • Contemporary Clinical Trials
  • Journal of General Internal Medicine
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Fox collaborates extensively with several researchers, as indicated by frequent co-authors such as:

  • Jason N. Doctor
  • Stephen D. Persell
  • Noah J. Goldstein
  • Daniella Meeker
  • Jeffrey A. Linder

The collective work of Craig R. Fox centers on the application of behavioral economics and decision-making within clinical and public health settings, addressing factors influencing vaccine uptake, patient engagement, and healthcare delivery outcomes. Their research contributes empirical insights relevant to improving health interventions and policy implementations.

Best Publications

  • The Neural Basis of Loss Aversion in Decision-Making Under Risk

    Sabrina M. Tom;Craig R. Fox;Christopher Trepel;Russell A. Poldrack

  • Ambiguity Aversion and Comparative Ignorance

    Craig R. Fox;Amos Tversky

  • Weighing Risk and Uncertainty

    Amos Tversky;Craig R. Fox

  • Beyond nudges: Tools of a choice architecture

    Eric J. Johnson;Suzanne B. Shu;Benedict G. C. Dellaert;Craig Fox

  • Effect of Behavioral Interventions on Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescribing Among Primary Care Practices: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Daniella Meeker;Daniella Meeker;JA Jeffrey A. Linder;JA Jeffrey A. Linder;Craig R. Fox;Mark W. Mw Friedberg;Mark W. Mw Friedberg;Mark W. Mw Friedberg

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  • Prospect theory on the brain? Toward a cognitive neuroscience of decision under risk

    Christopher Trepel;Craig R. Fox;Russell A. Poldrack

  • Political Extremism Is Supported by an Illusion of Understanding

    Philip M. Fernbach;Todd Rogers;Craig R. Fox;Steven A. Sloman

  • A Belief-Based Account of Decision Under Uncertainty

    Craig R. Fox;Amos Tversky

  • Subjective Knowledge in Consumer Financial Decisions

    Liat Hadar;Sanjay Sood;Craig R . Fox

  • Mind the Gap: Bridging economic and naturalistic risk-taking with cognitive neuroscience

    Tom Schonberg;Tom Schonberg;Craig R. Fox;Russell A. Poldrack

  • Nudging Guideline-Concordant Antibiotic Prescribing: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Daniella Meeker;Tara K. Knight;Mark W. Friedberg;Mark W. Friedberg;Mark W. Friedberg;Jeffrey A. Linder;Jeffrey A. Linder

  • Ambiguity Aversion, Comparative Ignorance, and Decision Context

    Craig R. Fox;Martin Weber

  • A megastudy of text-based nudges encouraging patients to get vaccinated at an upcoming doctor's appointment

    Katherine L. Milkman;Mitesh S. Patel;Linnea Gandhi;Heather N. Graci

  • Time of Day and the Decision to Prescribe Antibiotics

    Jeffrey A. Linder;Jeffrey A. Linder;Jason N. Doctor;Mark W. Friedberg;Mark W. Friedberg;Mark W. Friedberg;Harry Reyes Nieva;Harry Reyes Nieva

  • "Decisions from experience" = sampling error + prospect theory: Reconsidering Hertwig, Barron, Weber & Erev (2004).

    Craig R. Fox;Liat Hadar

  • Subjective Probability Assessment in Decision Analysis: Partition Dependence and Bias Toward the Ignorance Prior

    Craig R. Fox;Robert T. Clemen

  • Partition Priming in Judgment Under Uncertainty

    Craig R. Fox;Yuval Rottenstreich

  • Options traders exhibit subadditive decision weights

    Craig R. Fox;Brett A. Rogers;Amos Tversky

  • How subjective grouping of options influences choice and allocation: diversification bias and the phenomenon of partition dependence.

    Craig R. Fox;Rebecca K. Ratner;Daniel S. Lieb

  • Decreasing Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex Activity During Sequential Risk-Taking: An fMRI Investigation of the Balloon Analog Risk Task

    Tom Schonberg;Craig R. Fox;Jeanette Alane Mumford;Eliza Congdon

  • Prospect Theory and the Brain

    Craig R. Fox;Russell A. Poldrack

  • On the misplaced politics of behavioural policy interventions

    David Tannenbaum;Craig R. Fox;Todd Rogers

  • Corporate capital allocation: a behavioral perspective

    David Bardolet;Craig R. Fox;Dan Lovallo

  • Research report Prospect theory on the brain? Toward a cognitive neuroscience of decision under risk

    Christopher Trepel;Craig R. Fox;Russell A. Poldrack

Frequent Co-Authors

Elke U. Weber
Elke U. Weber Princeton University
Steven A. Sloman
Steven A. Sloman Brown University
Amos Tversky
Amos Tversky Stanford University
Ellen Peters
Ellen Peters University of Oregon
Richard P. Larrick
Richard P. Larrick Duke University
Gretchen B. Chapman
Gretchen B. Chapman Carnegie Mellon University
Christopher F. Chabris
Christopher F. Chabris Geisinger Health System
Ralph Hertwig
Ralph Hertwig Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Don A. Moore
Don A. Moore University of California, Berkeley
Michael W. Morris
Michael W. Morris Columbia University

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