Factors influencing private health providers' technical quality of care for acute respiratory infections among under-five children in rural West Bengal, India

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1579-1587

  Chakraborty, Sarbani ^a,c   Frick, Kevin ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

ARI; Child health; India; Private providers; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRIVATE SECTOR; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RURAL AREA; SERVICE PROVISION;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL FEE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CASE MANAGEMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

INDIA;

EID: 0036842132     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00292-1     Document Type: Article

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