Monitoring the Monitors

Last registered on June 05, 2016
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Monitoring the Monitors
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0001329
Initial registration date
June 05, 2016

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
June 05, 2016, 4:33 PM EDT

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Locations

Country
Pakistan
Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Michael Callen
Affiliation
London School of Economics
Contact Primary Investigator

Other Primary Investigator(s)

Additional Trial Information

Status
Completed
Start date
2011-09-01
End date
2014-01-01
Keywords
Governance, Health
Additional Keywords
JEL code(s)
D72, D73
Secondary IDs
Abstract
This project tests whether the provision of smartphones to government inspectors increases the rate inspections of rural health facilities. At inception, the project was designed to test whether the personality traits of government personnel involved in implementing the project and the degree of local political competition and the relationship between relevant bureaucrats and politicians impacted the effectiveness of the smartphone intervention.
External Link(s)

Registration Citation

Citation
Callen, Michael. 2016. "Monitoring the Monitors." AEA RCT Registry. June 05. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.1329-1.0
Former Citation
Callen, Michael. 2016. "Monitoring the Monitors." AEA RCT Registry. June 05. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/1329/history/8624
Sponsors & Partners
Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
The monitoring the monitors program provided health inspectors with smartphones which geostamped and timestamped inspections. Information collected during the inspection was delivered to a centralized dashboard. We manipulated the presentation of data to senior policymakers in order to test whether providing data on doctors not being present in hospitals changed the behavior of senior policymakers.
Intervention Start Date
2011-10-01
Intervention End Date
2013-10-01

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
The rate of inspections. Whether doctors were present in clinics.
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
We randomly assigned half of the districts in Punjab, Province, Pakistan to start the program one year prior to the rest of the districts.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Computer
Randomization Unit
District
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
35 Districts
Sample size: planned number of observations
850 clinics
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
18 treatment districts, 17 control districts
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

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IRB Approval Number
Analysis Plan

Post-Trial

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

Program Files

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