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Table 1 Indicators for calculating incentives, weights and values assigned to performance levels

From: Using pay for performance incentives (P4P) to improve management of suspected malaria fevers in rural Kenya: a cluster randomized controlled trial

 

Indicator

Weight

Scale

1

Percent of laboratory registry entries with patient number (all patients)

5 %

100 % - full marks

>90 % - 60/100

>85 % - 50/100

<85 % - 0/100

2

Percent of AL registry entries with patient number (all patients)

2.5 %

100 % - full marks

>90 % - 60/100

>85 % - 50/100

<85 % - 0/100

3

Percent of antibiotic registry entries with patient number (all patients)

2.5 %

100 % - full marks

>90 % - 60/100

>85 % - 50/100

<85 % - 0/100

4

Sum of sensitivity and specificity

20 %

>190 - full marks

>170 - 80/100

>150 - 60/100

<150 - 0/100

5

Percent of patients given AL without a malaria test (slide or RDT)

30 %

<5 % - full marks

5–10 % - 70/100

11–20 % - 50/100

>20 % - 0

6

Percent of patients with a positive malaria test given AL

15 %

100 % - full marks

>90 % - 70/100

>80 % - 50/100

>70 % - 25/100

<70 % - 0/100

7

Percent of patients with a negative malaria test given AL

25 %

<5 % - full marks

5–10 % - 70/100

11–20 % - 50/100

>20 % - 0

  1. The scale indicates what percent of the money for that indicator is awarded at each performance level. For example, if less than 100 % but at least 90 % of patient records had a patient number, then 60 % of the money for that indicator was awarded. AL, artemether-lumefantrine; RDT, rapid diagnostic test