Socioeconomic status and quality of care in rural India: New evidence from provider and household surveys

Health Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1764-1773

  Das, Jishnu ^a,b   Mohpal, Aakash ^c  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR POLICY RESEARCH   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MADHYA PRADESH; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SOCIAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INDIA; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS;

FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84994251916     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0558     Document Type: Article

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