scholarly journals Losing Prosociality in the Quest for Talent? Sorting, Selection, and Productivity in the Delivery of Public Services

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (5) ◽  
pp. 1355-1394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nava Ashraf ◽  
Oriana Bandiera ◽  
Edward Davenport ◽  
Scott S. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Causal Chain ◽  
Child Malnutrition ◽  
Trade Off ◽  
Prosocial Motivation ◽  
Career Opportunities ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Career Benefits ◽  
Percent Decrease ◽  
Improve Health

We embed a field experiment in a nationwide recruitment drive for a new health care position in Zambia to test whether career benefits attract talent at the expense of prosocial motivation. In line with common wisdom, offering career opportunities attracts less prosocial applicants. However, the trade-off exists only at low levels of talent; the marginal applicants in treatment are more talented and equally prosocial. These are hired, and perform better at every step of the causal chain: they provide more inputs, increase facility utilization, and improve health outcomes including a 25 percent decrease in child malnutrition. (JEL H83, I11, I13, J24, M51, O15, Z13)

How to Improve Health Care

NEJM Catalyst ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward Prewitt ◽  
Namita Seth Mohta ◽  
Lisa Gordon ◽  
Thomas H. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Improve Health Care ◽  
Improve Health

Depression: A Long-Term Illness

1994 ◽  
Vol 165 (S26) ◽  
pp. 9-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin B. Keller
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Maintenance Treatment ◽  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Serious Illness ◽  
Antidepressant Treatments ◽  
Continued Education ◽  
Low Levels

The realisation that major depression is often both chronic and recurrent has slowly begun to change the way that depression is diagnosed and treated. In particular, the need for continuation and maintenance treatment is an issue that now deserves increased attention, especially with the availability of new classes of antidepressant treatments, which have excellent efficacy and more favourable side-effect profiles. Although the serious consequences of depressive disorders clearly indicate the need for effective and prompt intervention on the part of clinicians, the results of several studies indicate that patients with depression consistently receive no or low levels of antidepressant therapy. It is hoped that, through continued education of health care providers and patients about the consequences of depression, the issue of undertreatment of this serious illness will be resolved.

scholarly journals ENGAGING FAMILY CAREGIVERS TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY: ESTABLISHING CLINICAL BEST PRACTICES

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. 125-126
Author(s):  
J Griffin ◽  
L Bangerter ◽  
R Havyer ◽  
M Comer ◽  
V Biggar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Family Caregivers ◽  
Health Care Delivery ◽  
Care Delivery ◽  
Improve Health Care ◽  
Improve Health Care Delivery ◽  
Improve Health

Teaching Skills of Health Professionals

1989 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROD A. LORENZ
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Teacher Behaviors ◽  
Teaching Skills ◽  
Analytic Method ◽  
Point Scale ◽  
Health Care Settings ◽  
Education Process ◽  
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The purpose of this paper is to describe an analytic method that focuses on health professionals' teaching skills. The method involves comparing live or recorded teacher behaviors with operational definitions of 20 skills known to influence learning outcomes, and assigning numerical ratings on a four-point scale. The videotapes prepared for this symposium are rated and compared with other sessions recorded in health care settings. Virtually all patient educators could improve their teaching skills substantially. Although many questions about teaching skills and education process remain unanswered, available data clearly justify training to improve health professionals' teaching skills.

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