Use of standardised patients for healthcare quality research in low-and middle-income countries

A Kwan, B Daniels, S Bergkvist, V Das, M Pai… - BMJ global health, 2019 - gh.bmj.com
The use of standardised patients (SPs)—people recruited from the local community to
present the same case to multiple providers in a blinded fashion—is increasingly used to …

How to do (or not to do)… using the standardized patient method to measure clinical quality of care in LMIC health facilities

JJC King, J Das, A Kwan, B Daniels… - Health policy and …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Standardized patients (SPs), ie mystery shoppers for healthcare providers, are increasingly
used as a tool to measure quality of clinical care, particularly in low-and middle-income …

Variations in the quality of tuberculosis care in urban India: a cross-sectional, standardized patient study in two cities

A Kwan, B Daniels, V Saria, S Satyanarayana… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background India has the highest burden of tuberculosis (TB). Although most patients with
TB in India seek care from the private sector, there is limited evidence on quality of TB care …

[HTML][HTML] Quality of drug-resistant tuberculosis care: Gaps and solutions

Z Udwadia, J Furin - Journal of clinical tuberculosis and other …, 2019 - Elsevier
Drug-resistant forms of tuberculosis (DR-TB) are a significant cause of global morbidity and
mortality and the treatment of DR-TB is characterized by long and toxic regimens that result …

[HTML][HTML] Quality of tuberculosis care by pharmacies in low-and middle-income countries: gaps and opportunities

R Miller, C Goodman - Journal of Clinical Tuberculosis and Other …, 2020 - Elsevier
Pharmacies hold great potential to contribute meaningfully to tuberculosis (TB) control
efforts, given their accessibility and extensive utilisation by communities in many high …

Missed opportunities for diagnosis and treatment in patients with TB symptoms: a systematic review

TH Divala, J Lewis, MA Bulterys, V Lutje… - Public Health …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
BACKGROUND: The identification of patients with symptoms is the foundation of facility-
based TB screening and diagnosis, but underdiagnosis is common. We conducted this …

When patients diagnose: the effect of patient beliefs and information on provider behavior

A Fitzpatrick - Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2020 - journals.uchicago.edu
I conduct a randomized audit study in the Ugandan antimalarial drug market to test whether
providers adjust prices or prescribing behavior when patients are less reliant on their advice …

[HTML][HTML] Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Perception of Pharmacist's Role in the Management of Tuberculosis Disease in the Belagavi District of Karnataka …

BY Raja, MS Ganachari… - Journal of Young …, 2023 - jyoungpharm.org
Background In India, implementing the pharmacy education among the pharmacists takes a
difficult challenge. Pharmacist role in the eradication of tuberculosis in India has not been …

Missed opportunities for diagnosis and treatment in patients with tuberculosis symptoms: a systematic review

TH Divala, J Lewis, M Bulterys, V Lutje, E Corbett… - 2020 - researchsquare.com
Background Identification of symptomatic patients followed by prompt on-site investigation
form the foundation of facility-based tuberculosis (TB) screening and diagnosis. However …

An assessment of malaria prevention, diagnosis and treatment services in Uganda

H Kimbugwe - 2022 - scholar.sun.ac.za
Abstract ENGLISH SUMMARY: Government, donor partners, and the private sector invest
large amounts of financial resources annually in malaria prevention and care. Despite …