In urban and rural India, a standardized patient study showed low levels of provider training and huge quality gaps

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2774-2784

  Das, Jishnu ^a,b   Holla, Alaka ^a   Das, Veena ^c   Mohanan, Manoj ^d   Tabak, Diana ^e   Chan, Brian ^f  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR POLICY RESEARCH   (India)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE PRACTICE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84871915150     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.1356     Document Type: Article

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