The quality of medical advice in low-income countries

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-114

  Das, Jishnu ^a,b   Hammer, Jeffrey ^c   Leonard, Kenneth ^d  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b Center for Policy Research   (India)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COUNSELING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; INDONESIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARAGUAY; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

CHILD; COUNSELING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIARRHEA; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INDONESIA; PARAGUAY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH; TANZANIA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 45149086104     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.22.2.93     Document Type: Conference Paper

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