What Drives Poor Care for Child Diarrhea: A Standardized Patient Experiment

NAActive, not recruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

2,451

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

May 5, 2022

Primary Completion Date

December 31, 2022

Study Completion Date

June 1, 2025

Conditions
Child Diarrhea
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Free distribution of ORS

Provides will receive 3 months supply of ORS at the beginning of the study to dispense to their patients. They will be asked to dispense the ORS at the market rate and not to give it away to other providers.

BEHAVIORAL

Standardized patient with ORS preference

Providers will receive a visit from an anonymous standardize patient posing a caretaker for a child with diarrhea who requests ORS to treat their child's diarrhea.

BEHAVIORAL

Standardized patient with Antibiotic preference

Providers will receive a visit from an anonymous standardize patient posing a caretaker for a child with diarrhea who requests Antibiotics to treat their child's diarrhea.

BEHAVIORAL

Standardized patient with no preference

Providers will receive a visit from an anonymous standardize patient posing a caretaker for a child with diarrhea who does not request anything specific to treat their child's diarrhea.

BEHAVIORAL

Standardized patient with no preference + no financial incentive

Providers will receive a visit from an anonymous standardize patient posing a caretaker for a child with diarrhea who does not request anything specific to treat their child's diarrhea. In addition they will inform the provider that they are not going to purchase anything from the provider because they have an uncle with a drug shop where they can get a discount.

Trial Locations (1)

Unknown

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, Bangalore

All Listed Sponsors
lead

RAND

OTHER