Information is Power : Experimental Evidence on the Long-Run Impact of Community Based Monitoring

This paper presents the results of two field experiments on local accountability in primary health care in Uganda. Efforts to stimulate beneficiary control, coupled with the provision of report cards on staff performance, resulted in significant improvements in health care delivery and health outcomes in both the short and the longer run. Efforts to stimulate beneficiary control without providing information on performance had no impact on quality of care or health outcomes. The paper shows that informed users are more likely to identify and challenge (mis)behavior by providers and as a result turn their focus to issues that they can manage locally.

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Main Authors: Bjorkman Nyqvist, Martina, de Walque, Damien, Svensson, Jakob
Language:English
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Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2014-08
Subjects:AGED, ANTENATAL CARE, ANTENATAL VISITS, BCG, BLOOD SAMPLES, CERTIFICATION, CHILD DEATH, CHILD DEATHS, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILD SURVIVAL, CITIZEN, CLINICAL GUIDELINES, CLINICS, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION, COUNSELING, DEATH RATES, DEATHS, DECISION MAKING, DESCRIPTION, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DISEASE, DISEASES, DISPENSARIES, DISSEMINATION, DISTRICTS, DOCTORS, DRUGS, ECONOMIC POLICY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, EQUALITY, EQUILIBRIUM, FAMILY PLANNING, FEMALE, FERTILITY, FERTILITY RATES, FETUS, FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS, GENDER, HEALTH CARE DELIVERY, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, HEALTH CARE PROVISION, HEALTH CLINICS, HEALTH EDUCATION, HEALTH EFFECTS, HEALTH FACILITIES, HEALTH ORGANIZATION, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH PROVIDERS, HEALTH SECTOR, HEALTH SERVICE, HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH SYSTEM, HEALTH WORKERS, HIV/AIDS, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSEHOLDS, HOUSING, HUMAN BIOLOGY, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, ILLNESS, ILLNESSES, IMMUNIZATION, IMMUNIZATIONS, IMPACT ON HEALTH, IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH, INFANT, INFANT DEATHS, INFANT MORTALITY, INFANT MORTALITY RATES, INFANTS, INFORMED USERS, INTERVENTION, INTERVENTIONS, LABORATORY SERVICES, LACK OF INFORMATION, LIVE BIRTHS, LOCAL COMMUNITY, MALARIA, MEASLES, MEDICINES, MIDWIFE, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, MORTALITY, MORTALITY RATE, MOSQUITO NET, NEIGHBORHOOD, NEONATAL MORTALITY, NEWBORN, NUMBER OF BIRTHS, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, NUMBER OF DEATHS, NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS, NUMBER OF WORKERS, NURSES, NURSING, NUTRITION, OLDER CHILDREN, OUTPATIENT CARE, OUTPATIENT SERVICES, PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT, PATIENT, PATIENTS, PEOPLE LIVING WITH AIDS, PNEUMONIA, POLICY DISCUSSIONS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POLIO, POPULATION SIZE, POSTERS, POSTNATAL CARE, PREGNANCIES, PREGNANCY, PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PREGNANT WOMEN, PRENATAL CARE, PRIMARY HEALTH CARE, PRIMARY SCHOOL, PRIMARY SCHOOLS, PROBABILITY, PROGRESS, PROVISION OF INFORMATION, PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC SERVICE, PUBLIC SERVICES, PUBLIC SUPPORT, QUALITY OF CARE, QUALITY OF HEALTH, QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE, QUALITY OF SERVICES, RADIO, RURAL COMMUNITIES, SELF-ASSESSMENT, SELF-SUFFICIENCY, SERVICE DELIVERY, SERVICE PROVIDERS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, STD, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TB, TRADITIONAL HEALERS, TREATMENT, TUBERCULOSIS, UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY, VACCINES, VILLAGE LEVEL, VILLAGES, WOMAN, WORKERS, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, YC,
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spelling dig-okr-10986203642024-08-08T13:48:28Z Information is Power : Experimental Evidence on the Long-Run Impact of Community Based Monitoring Bjorkman Nyqvist, Martina de Walque, Damien Svensson, Jakob AGED ANTENATAL CARE ANTENATAL VISITS BCG BLOOD SAMPLES CERTIFICATION CHILD DEATH CHILD DEATHS CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD SURVIVAL CITIZEN CLINICAL GUIDELINES CLINICS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION COUNSELING DEATH RATES DEATHS DECISION MAKING DESCRIPTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISEASE DISEASES DISPENSARIES DISSEMINATION DISTRICTS DOCTORS DRUGS ECONOMIC POLICY EPIDEMIOLOGY EQUALITY EQUILIBRIUM FAMILY PLANNING FEMALE FERTILITY FERTILITY RATES FETUS FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS GENDER HEALTH CARE DELIVERY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE PROVISION HEALTH CLINICS HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HIV/AIDS HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN BIOLOGY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLNESS ILLNESSES IMMUNIZATION IMMUNIZATIONS IMPACT ON HEALTH IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH INFANT INFANT DEATHS INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFANTS INFORMED USERS INTERVENTION INTERVENTIONS LABORATORY SERVICES LACK OF INFORMATION LIVE BIRTHS LOCAL COMMUNITY MALARIA MEASLES MEDICINES MIDWIFE MINISTRY OF HEALTH MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MOSQUITO NET NEIGHBORHOOD NEONATAL MORTALITY NEWBORN NUMBER OF BIRTHS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF DEATHS NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS NUMBER OF WORKERS NURSES NURSING NUTRITION OLDER CHILDREN OUTPATIENT CARE OUTPATIENT SERVICES PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT PATIENT PATIENTS PEOPLE LIVING WITH AIDS PNEUMONIA POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLIO POPULATION SIZE POSTERS POSTNATAL CARE PREGNANCIES PREGNANCY PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS PREGNANT WOMEN PRENATAL CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOLS PROBABILITY PROGRESS PROVISION OF INFORMATION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SUPPORT QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE QUALITY OF SERVICES RADIO RURAL COMMUNITIES SELF-ASSESSMENT SELF-SUFFICIENCY SERVICE DELIVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT STD SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TB TRADITIONAL HEALERS TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY VACCINES VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES WOMAN WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YC This paper presents the results of two field experiments on local accountability in primary health care in Uganda. Efforts to stimulate beneficiary control, coupled with the provision of report cards on staff performance, resulted in significant improvements in health care delivery and health outcomes in both the short and the longer run. Efforts to stimulate beneficiary control without providing information on performance had no impact on quality of care or health outcomes. The paper shows that informed users are more likely to identify and challenge (mis)behavior by providers and as a result turn their focus to issues that they can manage locally. 2014-10-06T20:02:17Z 2014-10-06T20:02:17Z 2014-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/08/20144947/information-power-experimental-evidence-long-run-impact-community-based-monitoring https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20364 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7015 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ application/pdf text/plain World Bank Group, Washington, DC
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topic AGED
ANTENATAL CARE
ANTENATAL VISITS
BCG
BLOOD SAMPLES
CERTIFICATION
CHILD DEATH
CHILD DEATHS
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD SURVIVAL
CITIZEN
CLINICAL GUIDELINES
CLINICS
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
COUNSELING
DEATH RATES
DEATHS
DECISION MAKING
DESCRIPTION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISEASE
DISEASES
DISPENSARIES
DISSEMINATION
DISTRICTS
DOCTORS
DRUGS
ECONOMIC POLICY
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EQUALITY
EQUILIBRIUM
FAMILY PLANNING
FEMALE
FERTILITY
FERTILITY RATES
FETUS
FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS
GENDER
HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
HEALTH CARE PROVISION
HEALTH CLINICS
HEALTH EDUCATION
HEALTH EFFECTS
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH ORGANIZATION
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH PROVIDERS
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH WORKERS
HIV/AIDS
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLDS
HOUSING
HUMAN BIOLOGY
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
ILLNESS
ILLNESSES
IMMUNIZATION
IMMUNIZATIONS
IMPACT ON HEALTH
IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH
INFANT
INFANT DEATHS
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATES
INFANTS
INFORMED USERS
INTERVENTION
INTERVENTIONS
LABORATORY SERVICES
LACK OF INFORMATION
LIVE BIRTHS
LOCAL COMMUNITY
MALARIA
MEASLES
MEDICINES
MIDWIFE
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
MOSQUITO NET
NEIGHBORHOOD
NEONATAL MORTALITY
NEWBORN
NUMBER OF BIRTHS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF DEATHS
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
NUMBER OF WORKERS
NURSES
NURSING
NUTRITION
OLDER CHILDREN
OUTPATIENT CARE
OUTPATIENT SERVICES
PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT
PATIENT
PATIENTS
PEOPLE LIVING WITH AIDS
PNEUMONIA
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLIO
POPULATION SIZE
POSTERS
POSTNATAL CARE
PREGNANCIES
PREGNANCY
PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS
PREGNANT WOMEN
PRENATAL CARE
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PROBABILITY
PROGRESS
PROVISION OF INFORMATION
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SUPPORT
QUALITY OF CARE
QUALITY OF HEALTH
QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE
QUALITY OF SERVICES
RADIO
RURAL COMMUNITIES
SELF-ASSESSMENT
SELF-SUFFICIENCY
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
STD
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TB
TRADITIONAL HEALERS
TREATMENT
TUBERCULOSIS
UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY
VACCINES
VILLAGE LEVEL
VILLAGES
WOMAN
WORKERS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YC
AGED
ANTENATAL CARE
ANTENATAL VISITS
BCG
BLOOD SAMPLES
CERTIFICATION
CHILD DEATH
CHILD DEATHS
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD SURVIVAL
CITIZEN
CLINICAL GUIDELINES
CLINICS
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
COUNSELING
DEATH RATES
DEATHS
DECISION MAKING
DESCRIPTION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISEASE
DISEASES
DISPENSARIES
DISSEMINATION
DISTRICTS
DOCTORS
DRUGS
ECONOMIC POLICY
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EQUALITY
EQUILIBRIUM
FAMILY PLANNING
FEMALE
FERTILITY
FERTILITY RATES
FETUS
FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS
GENDER
HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
HEALTH CARE PROVISION
HEALTH CLINICS
HEALTH EDUCATION
HEALTH EFFECTS
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH ORGANIZATION
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH PROVIDERS
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH WORKERS
HIV/AIDS
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLDS
HOUSING
HUMAN BIOLOGY
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
ILLNESS
ILLNESSES
IMMUNIZATION
IMMUNIZATIONS
IMPACT ON HEALTH
IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH
INFANT
INFANT DEATHS
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATES
INFANTS
INFORMED USERS
INTERVENTION
INTERVENTIONS
LABORATORY SERVICES
LACK OF INFORMATION
LIVE BIRTHS
LOCAL COMMUNITY
MALARIA
MEASLES
MEDICINES
MIDWIFE
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
MOSQUITO NET
NEIGHBORHOOD
NEONATAL MORTALITY
NEWBORN
NUMBER OF BIRTHS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF DEATHS
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
NUMBER OF WORKERS
NURSES
NURSING
NUTRITION
OLDER CHILDREN
OUTPATIENT CARE
OUTPATIENT SERVICES
PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT
PATIENT
PATIENTS
PEOPLE LIVING WITH AIDS
PNEUMONIA
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLIO
POPULATION SIZE
POSTERS
POSTNATAL CARE
PREGNANCIES
PREGNANCY
PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS
PREGNANT WOMEN
PRENATAL CARE
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PROBABILITY
PROGRESS
PROVISION OF INFORMATION
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SUPPORT
QUALITY OF CARE
QUALITY OF HEALTH
QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE
QUALITY OF SERVICES
RADIO
RURAL COMMUNITIES
SELF-ASSESSMENT
SELF-SUFFICIENCY
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
STD
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TB
TRADITIONAL HEALERS
TREATMENT
TUBERCULOSIS
UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY
VACCINES
VILLAGE LEVEL
VILLAGES
WOMAN
WORKERS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YC
spellingShingle AGED
ANTENATAL CARE
ANTENATAL VISITS
BCG
BLOOD SAMPLES
CERTIFICATION
CHILD DEATH
CHILD DEATHS
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD SURVIVAL
CITIZEN
CLINICAL GUIDELINES
CLINICS
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
COUNSELING
DEATH RATES
DEATHS
DECISION MAKING
DESCRIPTION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISEASE
DISEASES
DISPENSARIES
DISSEMINATION
DISTRICTS
DOCTORS
DRUGS
ECONOMIC POLICY
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EQUALITY
EQUILIBRIUM
FAMILY PLANNING
FEMALE
FERTILITY
FERTILITY RATES
FETUS
FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS
GENDER
HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
HEALTH CARE PROVISION
HEALTH CLINICS
HEALTH EDUCATION
HEALTH EFFECTS
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH ORGANIZATION
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH PROVIDERS
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH WORKERS
HIV/AIDS
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLDS
HOUSING
HUMAN BIOLOGY
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
ILLNESS
ILLNESSES
IMMUNIZATION
IMMUNIZATIONS
IMPACT ON HEALTH
IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH
INFANT
INFANT DEATHS
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATES
INFANTS
INFORMED USERS
INTERVENTION
INTERVENTIONS
LABORATORY SERVICES
LACK OF INFORMATION
LIVE BIRTHS
LOCAL COMMUNITY
MALARIA
MEASLES
MEDICINES
MIDWIFE
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
MOSQUITO NET
NEIGHBORHOOD
NEONATAL MORTALITY
NEWBORN
NUMBER OF BIRTHS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF DEATHS
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
NUMBER OF WORKERS
NURSES
NURSING
NUTRITION
OLDER CHILDREN
OUTPATIENT CARE
OUTPATIENT SERVICES
PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT
PATIENT
PATIENTS
PEOPLE LIVING WITH AIDS
PNEUMONIA
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLIO
POPULATION SIZE
POSTERS
POSTNATAL CARE
PREGNANCIES
PREGNANCY
PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS
PREGNANT WOMEN
PRENATAL CARE
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PROBABILITY
PROGRESS
PROVISION OF INFORMATION
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SUPPORT
QUALITY OF CARE
QUALITY OF HEALTH
QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE
QUALITY OF SERVICES
RADIO
RURAL COMMUNITIES
SELF-ASSESSMENT
SELF-SUFFICIENCY
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
STD
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TB
TRADITIONAL HEALERS
TREATMENT
TUBERCULOSIS
UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY
VACCINES
VILLAGE LEVEL
VILLAGES
WOMAN
WORKERS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YC
AGED
ANTENATAL CARE
ANTENATAL VISITS
BCG
BLOOD SAMPLES
CERTIFICATION
CHILD DEATH
CHILD DEATHS
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD SURVIVAL
CITIZEN
CLINICAL GUIDELINES
CLINICS
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
COUNSELING
DEATH RATES
DEATHS
DECISION MAKING
DESCRIPTION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISEASE
DISEASES
DISPENSARIES
DISSEMINATION
DISTRICTS
DOCTORS
DRUGS
ECONOMIC POLICY
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EQUALITY
EQUILIBRIUM
FAMILY PLANNING
FEMALE
FERTILITY
FERTILITY RATES
FETUS
FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS
GENDER
HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
HEALTH CARE PROVISION
HEALTH CLINICS
HEALTH EDUCATION
HEALTH EFFECTS
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH ORGANIZATION
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH PROVIDERS
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH WORKERS
HIV/AIDS
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLDS
HOUSING
HUMAN BIOLOGY
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
ILLNESS
ILLNESSES
IMMUNIZATION
IMMUNIZATIONS
IMPACT ON HEALTH
IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH
INFANT
INFANT DEATHS
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATES
INFANTS
INFORMED USERS
INTERVENTION
INTERVENTIONS
LABORATORY SERVICES
LACK OF INFORMATION
LIVE BIRTHS
LOCAL COMMUNITY
MALARIA
MEASLES
MEDICINES
MIDWIFE
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
MOSQUITO NET
NEIGHBORHOOD
NEONATAL MORTALITY
NEWBORN
NUMBER OF BIRTHS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF DEATHS
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
NUMBER OF WORKERS
NURSES
NURSING
NUTRITION
OLDER CHILDREN
OUTPATIENT CARE
OUTPATIENT SERVICES
PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT
PATIENT
PATIENTS
PEOPLE LIVING WITH AIDS
PNEUMONIA
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLIO
POPULATION SIZE
POSTERS
POSTNATAL CARE
PREGNANCIES
PREGNANCY
PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS
PREGNANT WOMEN
PRENATAL CARE
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PROBABILITY
PROGRESS
PROVISION OF INFORMATION
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SUPPORT
QUALITY OF CARE
QUALITY OF HEALTH
QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE
QUALITY OF SERVICES
RADIO
RURAL COMMUNITIES
SELF-ASSESSMENT
SELF-SUFFICIENCY
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
STD
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TB
TRADITIONAL HEALERS
TREATMENT
TUBERCULOSIS
UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY
VACCINES
VILLAGE LEVEL
VILLAGES
WOMAN
WORKERS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YC
Bjorkman Nyqvist, Martina
de Walque, Damien
Svensson, Jakob
Information is Power : Experimental Evidence on the Long-Run Impact of Community Based Monitoring
description This paper presents the results of two field experiments on local accountability in primary health care in Uganda. Efforts to stimulate beneficiary control, coupled with the provision of report cards on staff performance, resulted in significant improvements in health care delivery and health outcomes in both the short and the longer run. Efforts to stimulate beneficiary control without providing information on performance had no impact on quality of care or health outcomes. The paper shows that informed users are more likely to identify and challenge (mis)behavior by providers and as a result turn their focus to issues that they can manage locally.
topic_facet AGED
ANTENATAL CARE
ANTENATAL VISITS
BCG
BLOOD SAMPLES
CERTIFICATION
CHILD DEATH
CHILD DEATHS
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD SURVIVAL
CITIZEN
CLINICAL GUIDELINES
CLINICS
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION
COUNSELING
DEATH RATES
DEATHS
DECISION MAKING
DESCRIPTION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISEASE
DISEASES
DISPENSARIES
DISSEMINATION
DISTRICTS
DOCTORS
DRUGS
ECONOMIC POLICY
EPIDEMIOLOGY
EQUALITY
EQUILIBRIUM
FAMILY PLANNING
FEMALE
FERTILITY
FERTILITY RATES
FETUS
FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS
GENDER
HEALTH CARE DELIVERY
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
HEALTH CARE PROVISION
HEALTH CLINICS
HEALTH EDUCATION
HEALTH EFFECTS
HEALTH FACILITIES
HEALTH ORGANIZATION
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH PROVIDERS
HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH SERVICE
HEALTH SERVICE PROVISION
HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH SYSTEM
HEALTH WORKERS
HIV/AIDS
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLDS
HOUSING
HUMAN BIOLOGY
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
ILLNESS
ILLNESSES
IMMUNIZATION
IMMUNIZATIONS
IMPACT ON HEALTH
IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH
INFANT
INFANT DEATHS
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANT MORTALITY RATES
INFANTS
INFORMED USERS
INTERVENTION
INTERVENTIONS
LABORATORY SERVICES
LACK OF INFORMATION
LIVE BIRTHS
LOCAL COMMUNITY
MALARIA
MEASLES
MEDICINES
MIDWIFE
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
MOSQUITO NET
NEIGHBORHOOD
NEONATAL MORTALITY
NEWBORN
NUMBER OF BIRTHS
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
NUMBER OF DEATHS
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS
NUMBER OF WORKERS
NURSES
NURSING
NUTRITION
OLDER CHILDREN
OUTPATIENT CARE
OUTPATIENT SERVICES
PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT
PATIENT
PATIENTS
PEOPLE LIVING WITH AIDS
PNEUMONIA
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POLIO
POPULATION SIZE
POSTERS
POSTNATAL CARE
PREGNANCIES
PREGNANCY
PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS
PREGNANT WOMEN
PRENATAL CARE
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PROBABILITY
PROGRESS
PROVISION OF INFORMATION
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC SERVICE
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SUPPORT
QUALITY OF CARE
QUALITY OF HEALTH
QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE
QUALITY OF SERVICES
RADIO
RURAL COMMUNITIES
SELF-ASSESSMENT
SELF-SUFFICIENCY
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
STD
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TB
TRADITIONAL HEALERS
TREATMENT
TUBERCULOSIS
UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY
VACCINES
VILLAGE LEVEL
VILLAGES
WOMAN
WORKERS
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YC
author Bjorkman Nyqvist, Martina
de Walque, Damien
Svensson, Jakob
author_facet Bjorkman Nyqvist, Martina
de Walque, Damien
Svensson, Jakob
author_sort Bjorkman Nyqvist, Martina
title Information is Power : Experimental Evidence on the Long-Run Impact of Community Based Monitoring
title_short Information is Power : Experimental Evidence on the Long-Run Impact of Community Based Monitoring
title_full Information is Power : Experimental Evidence on the Long-Run Impact of Community Based Monitoring
title_fullStr Information is Power : Experimental Evidence on the Long-Run Impact of Community Based Monitoring
title_full_unstemmed Information is Power : Experimental Evidence on the Long-Run Impact of Community Based Monitoring
title_sort information is power : experimental evidence on the long-run impact of community based monitoring
publisher World Bank Group, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014-08
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/08/20144947/information-power-experimental-evidence-long-run-impact-community-based-monitoring
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20364
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