ArticleOxford open digital health2024
Evaluation of the effects of a digital health platform on business and medical practices of informal medicine vendors in Lagos, Nigeria.
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- Building the evidence base for the economic value of digital health interventions: examples of methods and metrics and opportunities for future directions.Oxford open digital health · 2024Article
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An online platform-entitled NaijaCare-offered digital ordering, business development, peer exchange and business skills training to informal medicine vendors in Lagos, Nigeria. Outcomes of these vendors (known as PPMVs-patent and proprietary medicine vendors) who had participated in an earlier round of NaijaCare programming are compared with those of other PPMVs operating in the same local markets. Program impacts are estimated using a difference-in-differences estimator, with inverse propensity weighting to balance possible differences in baseline characteristics between intervention and control PPMVs. NaijaCare's full range of features did not lead to significant improvements in most of the main outcomes of interest including: a business practice index (-1.4 ± 1.6, RESUMEN: Una plataforma en línea - llamada NaijaCare - ofreció servicios digitales de pedidos, desarrollo empresarial, intercambio entre iguales, y formación en habilidades comerciales a vendedores informales de medicinas en Lagos, Nigeria. Los resultados de vendedores (conocidos como PPMVs por las siglas en inglés de 'vendedores de medicinas de marca y patente') que participaron en una ronda de uso de los programas de NaijaCare se comparan con los de otros PPMVs operando en los mismos mercados locales.Los impactos del programa se estiman utilizando un estimador de diferencias en diferencias, con ponderación de probabilidad inversa (IPW, inverse propensity weighting) para balancear las posibles diferencias en características de base entre los PPMVs control y los de la intervención. El uso de la gama completa de las funciones de NaijaCare no conllevó a una mejora significativa en la mayoría de los resultados principales de interés, incluyendo: un índice de prácticas de negocio (-1.4 ± 1.6, RESUMO: Uma plataforma online-intitulada NaijaCare-ofereceu encomendas digitais, desenvolvimento empresarial, intercâmbio entre pares e formação em competências empresariais a vendedores informais de medicamentos em Lagos, na Nigéria. Os resultados destes vendedores (conhecidos como PPMV-vendedores de medicamentos patenteados e proprietários), que tinham participado numa ronda anterior da programação NaijaCare, são comparados com os de outros PPMV que operam nos mesmos mercados locais. Os impactos do programa são estimados, utilizando um estimador de diferenças em diferenças, com ponderação de propensão inversa para equilibrar possíveis diferenças nas características de base entre PPMV de intervenção e controlo. A gama completa de características da NaijaCare não conduziu a melhorias significativas na maioria dos principais resultados de interesse, incluindo: um índice de práticas comerciais (-1,4 ± 1,6, RÉSUMÉ: Une plateforme en ligne - intitulée NaijaCare - proposait des commandes numériques, un développement commercial, des échanges entre pairs et des formations aux compétences commerciales aux vendeurs informels de médicaments à Lagos, au Nigéria. Les résultats de ces vendeurs (connus comme les PPMV, le sigle en anglais de « vendeurs de médicaments brevetés et exclusifs ») qui avaient participé à un cycle antérieur du programme NaijaCare sont comparés à ceux d'autres PPMV opérant sur les mêmes marchés locaux. Les impacts du programme sont estimés à l'aide d'un estimateur de différence des différences, avec une pondération de propension inverse pour équilibrer les différences possibles dans les caractéristiques de base entre les PPMV d'intervention et de contrôle. La gamme complète des fonctions de NaijaCare n'a pas conduit à des améliorations significatives dans la plupart des principaux résultats étudiés, notamment: un indice de pratique commerciale (-1,4 ± 1,6,
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