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Table 1 Indicators for calculating incentives

From: An innovative pay-for-performance (P4P) strategy for improving malaria management in rural Kenya: protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

 

Weight

Scale

Value in KES*

Value in US$

Percent of laboratory registry entries with patient number

5%

100% - full marks

5,000

59

90% - 60/100

3,000

35

85% - 50/100

2,500

29

< 85 – 0/100

0

0

Percent of artemether-lumefantrine registry entries with patient number

2.5%

100% - full marks

2,500

29

90% - 60/100

1,500

18

85% - 50/100

1,250

15

< 85 – 0/100

0

0

Percent of antibiotics registry entries with patient number

2.5%

100% - full marks

2,500

29

90% - 60/100

1,500

18

85% - 50/100

1,250

15

< 85 – 0/100

0

0

Sum of sensitivity and specificityof malaria microscopy

20%

190+ − full marks

20,000

235

170+ − 80/100

16,000

188

150+ − 60/100

12,000

141

< 150 – 0/100

0

0

Percent of patients given antimalarials without a diagnostic test

30%

< 5% - full marks

30,000

353

5-10% - 70/100

21,000

247

11-20% - 50/100

15,000

176

>20% - 0

0

0

Percent of patients with a positive test given antimalarials

15%

100% - full marks

15,000

176

90% - 70/100

10,500

124

80% - 50/100

7,500

88

70% - 25/100

3,750

44

< 70 – 0/100

0

0

Percent of patients with a negative test given antimalarials

25%

< 5% - full marks

25,000

294

5-10% - 70/100

17,500

206

11-20% - 50/100

12,500

147

>20% - 0

0

0

TOTAL

100%

 

100,000

1,176

  1. *Approximately 85 Kenya shillings is equal to one US dollar.