Quality of health care in India: Challenges, priorities, and the road ahead

Health Affairs

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1753-1758

  Mohanan, Manoj ^a,b   Hay, Katherine ^c   Mor, Nachiket ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; NOTE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INDIA; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84994274879     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0676     Document Type: Note

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