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Financially-Incentives to Improve Provider Compliance
Sponsor: Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute
Summary
The main objective of this study is to assess whether making health financing streams conditional on provider performance on knowledge assessment can increase provider compliance with under-5 case management guidelines.
Official title: Financially-Incentivized Knowledge Assessments to Improve Provider Compliance With Treatment Guidelines: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
Any - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
600
Start Date
2018-01-01
Completion Date
2025-12-31
Last Updated
2025-05-23
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Financially incentivized knowledge assessments
We will conduct quarterly provider knowledge assessments at selected health facilities and will pay facilities a financial bonus if providers perform well on these tests. For the intervention, 12 clinical vignettes were created. These vignettes cover typical patient cases such as malaria, diarrhea and respiratory infections, and assess providers' ability to correctly diagnose and treat hypothetical questions. All medical staff members will be informed hat every 3 month there will be a knowledge assessment based on these vignettes and that the results will determine the total bonus payment made to the facility.
Locations (2)
Congo Ministry of Public Health
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Basel, Canton of Basel-City, Switzerland