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Using supervised learning to select audit targets in performance-based financing in health: An example from Zambia

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  • Dhruv Grover
  • Sebastian Bauhoff
  • Jed Friedman

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Independent verification is a critical component of performance-based financing (PBF) in health care, in which facilities are offered incentives to increase the volume of specific services but the same incentives may lead them to over-report. We examine alternative strategies for targeted sampling of health clinics for independent verification. Specifically, we empirically compare several methods of random sampling and predictive modeling on data from a Zambian PBF pilot that contains reported and verified performance for quantity indicators of 140 clinics. Our results indicate that machine learning methods, particularly Random Forest, outperform other approaches and can increase the cost-effectiveness of verification activities.

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  • Dhruv Grover & Sebastian Bauhoff & Jed Friedman, 2019. "Using supervised learning to select audit targets in performance-based financing in health: An example from Zambia," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(1), pages 1-13, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0211262
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211262
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    1. Adrien Renaud, 2013. "Verification of Performance in Result-Based Financing (RBF): The Case of Burundi," Health, Nutrition and Population (HNP) Discussion Paper Series 86190, The World Bank.
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    • C20 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - General
    • C52 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Evaluation, Validation, and Selection
    • C55 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Large Data Sets: Modeling and Analysis
    • I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
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