Management, Supervision, and Healthcare: A Field Experiment

Felipe Dunsch, David Evans, Ezinne Eze-Ajoku and Mario Macis
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Ezinne Eze-Ajoku: Johns Hopkins University

No 578, Working Papers from Center for Global Development

Abstract: We used a randomized management consulting intervention with 80 public-sector healthcare facilities in Nigeria to study the role of information, training, and supervision on the adoption of improved organizational practices. Facilities that received detailed improvement plans and nine months of implementation support—including regular visits to monitor progress and set intermediate goals related to the plans—showed large, significant short-term effects on the adoption of practices that were under the responsibility of facility staff. Facilities that received general improvement advice but no implementation support showed no change in practices. Implementation support appears crucial for improvements, especially in contexts without market incentives for the adoption of effective managerial practices.

Keywords: Management; Healthcare; Organizational practices; Supervision; Economic development; Field experiments. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I15 M10 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 75 pages
Date: 2021-04-14
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