The Quality of Medical Advice in Low-Income Countries

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...

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Main Authors:	Das, Jishnu, Hammer, Jeffrey, Leonard, Kenneth
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS ACCESS TO CARE ACCESS TO DRUGS ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION AILMENTS AMBULATORY CARE ANALGESIC BASIC HEALTH CHILD HEALTH CHILDHOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE CLINICS COLDS DEHYDRATION DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE DEMAND FOR HEALTH DEMAND FOR HEALTH CARE DEPRESSION DIAGNOSES DIAGNOSIS DIARRHEA DISCRIMINATION DISEASE DISEASE BURDEN DISEASES DOCTORS DYSENTERY ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES ECONOMIC REVIEW EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURES FEVER GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDERS GENERAL PRACTICE HEALTH AFFAIRS HEALTH BUDGETS HEALTH CARE FACILITIES HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES HEALTH CARE PROVIDER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE QUALITY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CARE USE HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION HEALTH CLINICS HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEYS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HOSPITALIZATION HOSPITALS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES ILLNESS ILLNESSES INCOME INDUCED DEMAND INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH CARE INFECTIOUS DISEASE INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERVENTION LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MALARIA MARKET FAILURES MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL DOCTOR MEDICAL DOCTORS MEDICAL EDUCATION MEDICAL EXPENDITURE MEDICAL OFFICER MEDICAL PRACTICE MEDICAL SCHOOLS MEDICAL SYSTEM MEDICAL TRAINING MEDICINE MEDICINES MOTHER MOTHERS MS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NURSE NUTRITION OUTPATIENT CARE PATIENT PATIENT SATISFACTION PATIENTS PHARMACY PHARYNGITIS PHYSICAL HEALTH PHYSICIAN PHYSICIANS PILLS PNEUMONIA POLICY RESEARCH PRENATAL CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE CLINICS PRIVATE DOCTORS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PROBABILITY PUBLIC HOSPITAL PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC PROVIDERS PUBLIC SECTOR QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE SM SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SYMPTOMS TB THERAPY TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS VACCINATION WORKERS
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spelling	okr-10986-63932021-04-23T14:02:31Z The Quality of Medical Advice in Low-Income Countries Das, Jishnu Hammer, Jeffrey Leonard, Kenneth ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS ACCESS TO CARE ACCESS TO DRUGS ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION AILMENTS AMBULATORY CARE ANALGESIC BASIC HEALTH CHILD HEALTH CHILDHOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE CLINICS COLDS DEHYDRATION DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE DEMAND FOR HEALTH DEMAND FOR HEALTH CARE DEPRESSION DIAGNOSES DIAGNOSIS DIARRHEA DISCRIMINATION DISEASE DISEASE BURDEN DISEASES DOCTORS DYSENTERY ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES ECONOMIC REVIEW EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURES FEVER GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDERS GENERAL PRACTICE HEALTH AFFAIRS HEALTH BUDGETS HEALTH CARE FACILITIES HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES HEALTH CARE PROVIDER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE QUALITY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CARE USE HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION HEALTH CLINICS HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEYS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HOSPITALIZATION HOSPITALS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES ILLNESS ILLNESSES INCOME INDUCED DEMAND INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH CARE INFECTIOUS DISEASE INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERVENTION LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MALARIA MARKET FAILURES MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL DOCTOR MEDICAL DOCTORS MEDICAL EDUCATION MEDICAL EXPENDITURE MEDICAL OFFICER MEDICAL PRACTICE MEDICAL SCHOOLS MEDICAL SYSTEM MEDICAL TRAINING MEDICINE MEDICINES MOTHER MOTHERS MS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NURSE NUTRITION OUTPATIENT CARE PATIENT PATIENT SATISFACTION PATIENTS PHARMACY PHARYNGITIS PHYSICAL HEALTH PHYSICIAN PHYSICIANS PILLS PNEUMONIA POLICY RESEARCH PRENATAL CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE CLINICS PRIVATE DOCTORS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PROBABILITY PUBLIC HOSPITAL PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC PROVIDERS PUBLIC SECTOR QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE SM SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SYMPTOMS TB THERAPY TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS VACCINATION WORKERS 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. 2012-05-24T21:21:03Z 2012-05-24T21:21:03Z 2008-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8978038/quality-medical-advice-low-income-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6393 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4501 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean South Asia East Asia and Pacific Africa India Tanzania Indonesia Paraguay
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topic	ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS ACCESS TO CARE ACCESS TO DRUGS ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION AILMENTS AMBULATORY CARE ANALGESIC BASIC HEALTH CHILD HEALTH CHILDHOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE CLINICS COLDS DEHYDRATION DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE DEMAND FOR HEALTH DEMAND FOR HEALTH CARE DEPRESSION DIAGNOSES DIAGNOSIS DIARRHEA DISCRIMINATION DISEASE DISEASE BURDEN DISEASES DOCTORS DYSENTERY ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES ECONOMIC REVIEW EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURES FEVER GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDERS GENERAL PRACTICE HEALTH AFFAIRS HEALTH BUDGETS HEALTH CARE FACILITIES HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES HEALTH CARE PROVIDER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE QUALITY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CARE USE HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION HEALTH CLINICS HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEYS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HOSPITALIZATION HOSPITALS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES ILLNESS ILLNESSES INCOME INDUCED DEMAND INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH CARE INFECTIOUS DISEASE INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERVENTION LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MALARIA MARKET FAILURES MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL DOCTOR MEDICAL DOCTORS MEDICAL EDUCATION MEDICAL EXPENDITURE MEDICAL OFFICER MEDICAL PRACTICE MEDICAL SCHOOLS MEDICAL SYSTEM MEDICAL TRAINING MEDICINE MEDICINES MOTHER MOTHERS MS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NURSE NUTRITION OUTPATIENT CARE PATIENT PATIENT SATISFACTION PATIENTS PHARMACY PHARYNGITIS PHYSICAL HEALTH PHYSICIAN PHYSICIANS PILLS PNEUMONIA POLICY RESEARCH PRENATAL CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE CLINICS PRIVATE DOCTORS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PROBABILITY PUBLIC HOSPITAL PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC PROVIDERS PUBLIC SECTOR QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE SM SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SYMPTOMS TB THERAPY TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS VACCINATION WORKERS
spellingShingle	ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS ACCESS TO CARE ACCESS TO DRUGS ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTION AILMENTS AMBULATORY CARE ANALGESIC BASIC HEALTH CHILD HEALTH CHILDHOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE CLINICS COLDS DEHYDRATION DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE DEMAND FOR HEALTH DEMAND FOR HEALTH CARE DEPRESSION DIAGNOSES DIAGNOSIS DIARRHEA DISCRIMINATION DISEASE DISEASE BURDEN DISEASES DOCTORS DYSENTERY ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES ECONOMIC REVIEW EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURES FEVER GENDER GENDER DIFFERENCE GENDERS GENERAL PRACTICE HEALTH AFFAIRS HEALTH BUDGETS HEALTH CARE FACILITIES HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES HEALTH CARE PROVIDER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE QUALITY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM HEALTH CARE USE HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION HEALTH CLINICS HEALTH ECONOMICS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SURVEYS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH WORKERS HOSPITALIZATION HOSPITALS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN RESOURCES ILLNESS ILLNESSES INCOME INDUCED DEMAND INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH CARE INFECTIOUS DISEASE INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERVENTION LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MALARIA MARKET FAILURES MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL DOCTOR MEDICAL DOCTORS MEDICAL EDUCATION MEDICAL EXPENDITURE MEDICAL OFFICER MEDICAL PRACTICE MEDICAL SCHOOLS MEDICAL SYSTEM MEDICAL TRAINING MEDICINE MEDICINES MOTHER MOTHERS MS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NURSE NUTRITION OUTPATIENT CARE PATIENT PATIENT SATISFACTION PATIENTS PHARMACY PHARYNGITIS PHYSICAL HEALTH PHYSICIAN PHYSICIANS PILLS PNEUMONIA POLICY RESEARCH PRENATAL CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE CLINICS PRIVATE DOCTORS PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTORS PROBABILITY PUBLIC HOSPITAL PUBLIC HOSPITALS PUBLIC PROVIDERS PUBLIC SECTOR QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE SM SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA SYMPTOMS TB THERAPY TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS VACCINATION WORKERS Das, Jishnu Hammer, Jeffrey Leonard, Kenneth The Quality of Medical Advice in Low-Income Countries
geographic_facet	Latin America & Caribbean South Asia East Asia and Pacific Africa India Tanzania Indonesia Paraguay
relation	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4501
description	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.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Das, Jishnu Hammer, Jeffrey Leonard, Kenneth
author_facet	Das, Jishnu Hammer, Jeffrey Leonard, Kenneth
author_sort	Das, Jishnu
title	The Quality of Medical Advice in Low-Income Countries
title_short	The Quality of Medical Advice in Low-Income Countries
title_full	The Quality of Medical Advice in Low-Income Countries
title_fullStr	The Quality of Medical Advice in Low-Income Countries
title_full_unstemmed	The Quality of Medical Advice in Low-Income Countries
title_sort	quality of medical advice in low-income countries
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/01/8978038/quality-medical-advice-low-income-countries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6393
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The Quality of Medical Advice in Low-Income Countries

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