An interventional study of Staff incentive & supervision and Staff motivation in Hospital Mortality and Malaria, sponsored by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Completed at 1 site in Guinea-Bissau. Open to participants aged Up to 59 Months. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-01-26.
Sponsored by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
We observed in a randomised intervention trial in Bissau that mortality due to malaria could be reduced by half by adding a small monetary incentive to the staff and strict follow-up of a standard protocol for available drugs. The Government and donors are not able to sustain such incentives. We intend to evaluate whether strict organisation of a cost recovery system and the use of part of the funds for staff incentives would improve performance of the staff and contribute to reduction of hospital and post-discharge mortality.
A committee will organise collection and use of the money, and decide on incentives to be paid to the staff based on performance indicators. All children \< 5 years of age admitted to the ward will be registered and followed-up until two months after the consultation. Data on the level of mortality before and after the study period will be collected. Furthermore, interviews on quality perception of the parents will be carried out before and after the study.
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Inclusion Criteria:
Control \& management of funds for incentive of staff; supervision
Supervision, control of funds
Overall hospital and malaria mortality
Time frame: One year
Parent's perception of the quality of care received
Time frame: One year
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