Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing public health challenge that is expected to
disproportionately burden lower-and middle-income countries (LMICs) in the coming …

This article reports on the quality of care delivered by private and public providers of primary
health care services in rural and urban India. To measure quality, the study used …

In India, despite improvements in access to health care, inequalities are related to
socioeconomic status, geography, and gender, and are compounded by high out-of-pocket …

India has a severe shortage of human resources for health. It has a shortage of qualified
health workers and the workforce is concentrated in urban areas. Bringing qualified health …

Background In developing countries, the private sector provides a substantial proportion of
primary health care to low income groups for communicable and non-communicable …

We conduct an audit study in which a pair of simulated patients with identical flu-like
complaints visits the same physician. Simulated patient A is instructed to ask a question that …

This paper reviews the literature on health in the informal settlements (and “slums”) that now
house a substantial proportion of the urban population in Africa, Asia and Latin America …

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The quality of medical care received by patients varies for two reasons: differences in
doctors' competence or differences in doctors' practice. Using medical vignettes, we …

Objectives Reliable data about antibiotic utilization in the large pharmaceutical market of the
world's most populous country, the People's Republic of China, are in short supply. Although …