Which doctor for primary health care? Quality of care and non-physician clinicians in India

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue , 2013, Pages 30-34

  Rao, Krishna D ^a,c   Sundararaman, T ^b   Bhatnagar, Aarushi ^c   Gupta, Garima ^b   Kokho, Puni ^d   Jain, Kamlesh ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT OF INDIA   (India)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Government of Chhattisgarh   (India)

Author keywords

AYUSH; India; Non physician clinicians; Primary health care; Quality of care; Vignettes

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL AREA; SERVICE PROVISION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALARIA; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PNEUMONIA; PREECLAMPSIA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; TUBERCULOSIS; VIGNETTE;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

INDIA;

EID: 84875299449     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.02.018     Document Type: Article

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