African Health Markets for Equity (AHME) Impact Evaluatio

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Digestive System; Malaria; Pregnancy and Childbirth; Respiratory; Maternal Care Services, Diarrhea, Pneumonia, Malaria

• Registration Number: PACTR201502000770329
• Lead Sponsor: Innovations for Poverty Action

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-02-10
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10000

Inclusion Criteria

We are targeting private clinics:
-That are not already franchised
-In Eastern or Western Kenya
-In counties in which PSI and MSK (implementing partners) plan to expand franchising and link franchising to Medical Credit Fund (MCF; supply side financing scheme)

Exclusion Criteria

Franchising Exclusion Criteria:
-Facility does not provide maternal and child health services
-Facility is not a clinic
-Clinic does not have business registration
-Business registration is out of date, and the clinic owner is not planning on renewing it
-Clinic is already franchised
-Clinic owner is not willing to offer family planning services
-Clinic owner is unwilling to partake in franchising activities of training, record-keeping and quality assurance visits
-Clinic owner is unwilling to follow recommended pricing
-Clinic owner is unwilling to pay a membership fee
-Clinic is within 5km of another clinic (MSK specific)
-Clinic is closer to another Tunza clinic than minimum district-level distance identified by PSI. (PSI specific)

MCF Exclusion Criteria:
-Clinic is financially dependent on an outside organization (e.g. church, community, NGO, etc.)
-Clinic owner has no interest in expanding the volume of existing services offered or the set of services offered
-Already have an existing loan that will not be paid off by a set date (TBD)
-Clinic/owner must have collateral
-Not interested in taking a loan
-Not interested in keeping records in order to get a loan
-The facility has to have a bank account AND does not keep financial records
-Clinics services that are more than 20% below the minimum of 3000 patients per year which works out to be 250 patients per month the equivalent of 8 patients per day
-Clinic owner has no form of tangible security (ownership of the clinic, house, other land title, car log books, or shares)
-Clinic owner not willing to use assets as collateral for a loan.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified