Variations in the Quality of Tuberculosis Care in Urban India : A Cross-Sectional, Standardized Patient Study in Two Cities

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 or its correlates. Following our validation study on the standardized patient (SP) method for TB, we utilized SPs to examine q...

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Main Authors: Kwan, Ada, Daniels, Benjamin, Saria, Vaibhav, Satyanarayana, Srinath, Subbaraman, Ramnath, McDowell, Andrew, Bergkvist, Sofi, Das, Ranendra K., Das, Veena, Das, Jishnu, Pai, Madhukar
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spelling okr-10986-313682021-05-25T10:54:37Z Variations in the Quality of Tuberculosis Care in Urban India : A Cross-Sectional, Standardized Patient Study in Two Cities Kwan, Ada Daniels, Benjamin Saria, Vaibhav Satyanarayana, Srinath Subbaraman, Ramnath McDowell, Andrew Bergkvist, Sofi Das, Ranendra K. Das, Veena Das, Jishnu Pai, Madhukar TUBERCULOSIS ANTIBIOTICS DIAGNOSTIC MEDICINE DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY TEST INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS HEALTH CARE 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 or its correlates. Following our validation study on the standardized patient (SP) method for TB, we utilized SPs to examine quality of adult TB care among health providers with different qualifications in 2 Indian cities. 2019-03-11T18:55:33Z 2019-03-11T18:55:33Z 2018-09-25 Journal Article PLoS Medicine http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31368 CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 World Bank PLoS Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research South Asia India
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topic TUBERCULOSIS
ANTIBIOTICS
DIAGNOSTIC MEDICINE
DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY TEST
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
HEALTH CARE
spellingShingle TUBERCULOSIS
ANTIBIOTICS
DIAGNOSTIC MEDICINE
DRUG SUSCEPTIBILITY TEST
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
HEALTH CARE
Kwan, Ada
Daniels, Benjamin
Saria, Vaibhav
Satyanarayana, Srinath
Subbaraman, Ramnath
McDowell, Andrew
Bergkvist, Sofi
Das, Ranendra K.
Das, Veena
Das, Jishnu
Pai, Madhukar
Variations in the Quality of Tuberculosis Care in Urban India : A Cross-Sectional, Standardized Patient Study in Two Cities
geographic_facet South Asia
India
description 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 or its correlates. Following our validation study on the standardized patient (SP) method for TB, we utilized SPs to examine quality of adult TB care among health providers with different qualifications in 2 Indian cities.
format Journal Article
author Kwan, Ada
Daniels, Benjamin
Saria, Vaibhav
Satyanarayana, Srinath
Subbaraman, Ramnath
McDowell, Andrew
Bergkvist, Sofi
Das, Ranendra K.
Das, Veena
Das, Jishnu
Pai, Madhukar
author_facet Kwan, Ada
Daniels, Benjamin
Saria, Vaibhav
Satyanarayana, Srinath
Subbaraman, Ramnath
McDowell, Andrew
Bergkvist, Sofi
Das, Ranendra K.
Das, Veena
Das, Jishnu
Pai, Madhukar
author_sort Kwan, Ada
title Variations in the Quality of Tuberculosis Care in Urban India : A Cross-Sectional, Standardized Patient Study in Two Cities
title_short Variations in the Quality of Tuberculosis Care in Urban India : A Cross-Sectional, Standardized Patient Study in Two Cities
title_full Variations in the Quality of Tuberculosis Care in Urban India : A Cross-Sectional, Standardized Patient Study in Two Cities
title_fullStr Variations in the Quality of Tuberculosis Care in Urban India : A Cross-Sectional, Standardized Patient Study in Two Cities
title_full_unstemmed Variations in the Quality of Tuberculosis Care in Urban India : A Cross-Sectional, Standardized Patient Study in Two Cities
title_sort variations in the quality of tuberculosis care in urban india : a cross-sectional, standardized patient study in two cities
publisher PLoS
publishDate 2019
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31368
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