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Field
Experimental Design (Public)
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Before
Healthcare providers from our partner's network will be randomized into control (hard skill hypertension training only) or treatment (hard skill + soft skill training). Providers will be randomized within strata by geographic block. Providers will then host hypertension clinics, where high-BP patients will be randomized into three chatbot exposure arms: control (no chatbot), pre-provider interaction chatbot exposure, and post-interaction chatbot exposure.
We analyze heterogeneity by:
- Patient beliefs about provider and provider beliefs about patient
- Baseline provider medical and communication skills (by which we stratify)
- Patient characteristics: demographics, hypertension understanding and behavior
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After
Healthcare providers from our partner's network will be randomized into control (hard skill hypertension training only) or treatment (hard skill + soft skill training). Providers will be randomized within strata by geographic block. Providers will then host hypertension clinics, where high-BP patients will be randomized into three chatbot exposure arms: control (no chatbot), pre-provider interaction chatbot exposure, and post-interaction chatbot exposure.
We analyze heterogeneity by:
- Patient beliefs about provider and provider beliefs about patient
- Baseline provider medical and communication skills (by which we stratify)
- Patient characteristics: demographics, hypertension understanding and behavior
Early observation has revealed there is variation in engagement with both trainings and the chatbot. We thus will plan to analyze heterogeneity by treatment engagement and conduct a version of the analysis without un-engaged individuals.
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