Download This PaperThe Quality of Medical Advice in Low-Income Countries
38 Pages Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Date Written: January 1, 2008
Abstract
This paper provides an overview of recent work on quality measurement of medical care and its correlates in four low and middle-income countries-India, Indonesia, Tanzania, and Paraguay. The authors describe two methods-testing doctors and watching doctors-that are relatively easy to implement and yield important insights about the nature of medical care in these countries. The paper discusses the properties of these measures, their correlates, and how they may be used to evaluate policy changes. Finally, the authors outline an agenda for further research and measurement.
Keywords: Health Monitoring & Evaluation, Health Systems Development & Reform, Gender and Health, Health Economics & Finance, Disease Control & Prevention
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Kenneth L. Leonard
University of Maryland ( email )
Symmons Hall, Rm 2200
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742-5535
United States
HOME PAGE: http://faculty.arec.umd.edu/kleonard/
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