healthcare

A shared performance incentive scheme for health workers and their supervisors improved productivity and health outcomes and was more effective than paying the incentive to only one group

Health sector regulation in Kenya increased the compliance of health facilities with a checklist of patient safety measures without any increase in prices or decrease in utilisation

Increasing the social accountability of health systems improves health outcomes and increases resilience against health shocks

Increasing across-hospital transfer coordination through app-based group chats led to large improvements in the survival rate of heart attack patients

The offer of an appointment more than doubled the likelihood of men getting an HIV test, and was most effective for men wanting a commitment device

Providing operating funds to public health facilities can be as effective as alternative pay-for-performance models, at half the cost

Centralised procurement by the public sector leads to lower drug prices, but the price reduction is smaller when the supply side is more concentrated

Policies based on physicians' geographic preferences, such as quotas and university expansion, are more cost-effective than financial incentives

Whilst bottom-up pressure from citizens can improve healthcare service delivery, there is a ceiling to the positive effects it generates