Quality and accountability in health care delivery: Audit-study evidence from primary care in India

American Economic Review

Volumn 106, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 3765-3799

  Das, Jishnu ^a   Holla, Alaka ^a   Mohpal, Aakash ^b   Muralidharan, Karthik ^c  

^a WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; CLINICAL AUDIT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; RURAL POPULATION; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

CHECKLIST; CLINICAL AUDIT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; INDIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 85006415924     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.20151138     Document Type: Article

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