Data and Code for: Incentivized Peer Referrals for Tuberculosis Screening Data: Evidence from India

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Jessica Goldberg, University of Maryland; Mario Macis, Johns Hopkins University; Pradeep Chintagunta, University of Chicago. Booth School of Business

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Project Citation:

Goldberg, Jessica, Macis, Mario, and Chintagunta, Pradeep . Data and Code for: Incentivized Peer Referrals for Tuberculosis Screening Data: Evidence from India. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2022. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2022-12-15. https://doi.org/10.3886/E150781V1

Project Description

Summary: We study whether and how peer referrals increase screening, testing, and identification of patients with tuberculosis, an infectious disease responsible for over one million deaths annually. In an experiment with 3,176 patients at 122 tuberculosis treatment centers in India, we find that small financial incentives raise the probability that existing patients refer prospective patients for screening and testing, resulting in cost-effective identification of new cases. Incentivized referrals operate through two mechanisms: peers have private information about individuals in their social networks to target for outreach, and they are more effective than health workers in inducing these individuals to get tested.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
I10 Health: General
O10 Economic Development: General

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