Health care of female outpatients in south-central India: Comparing public and private sector provision

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 402-409

  Bhatia, Jagdish ^a   Cleland, John ^b,c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c World Fertility Survey   (Fiji)

Author keywords

India; Patient care; Practitioners; Private; Public; Quality

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INDIA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIVACY; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INDIA; OUTPATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 8144227537     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czh055     Document Type: Review

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