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Primary Care for the Poor : The Potential of Micro-Health Markets to Improve Care

Much of the primary curative care provided to the poor by the private sector occurs not at large hospitals but at small, single-person clinics. While such micro-health providers increase access, questions persist about quality. Some have argued tha...

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Main Authors:	Coarasa, Jorge, Das, Jishnu
Language:	English en_US
Published:	2016
Subjects:	AGED AGING CLINICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISSEMINATION DOCTORS DRUGS EQUILIBRIUM FAMILIES FEE-FOR-SERVICE FINANCIAL INCENTIVE GLOBAL HEALTH HEALTH AFFAIRS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY HEALTH CARE FACILITIES HEALTH CARE MARKETS HEALTH CARE OUTCOMES HEALTH CARE PROVIDER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HEALTH CARE PROVISION HEALTH CARE QUALITY HEALTH CARE SECTOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH FUNDING HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH PROVIDERS HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH STATUS HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HEALTH-CARE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HYPERTENSION ILLNESSES IMPORTANT POLICY INCOME INFORMAL SECTOR INTERVENTIONS LEVELS OF KNOWLEDGE LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARKET FAILURES MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL DOCTOR MEDICAL TRAINING MINISTRY OF HEALTH NURSES OFFICIAL POLICY PATIENT PATIENTS PHARMACISTS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY LEVER POOR HEALTH POPULATION DENSITY PRACTITIONERS PRIMARY CARE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PRIVATE CARE PRIVATE CLINICS PRIVATE SECTOR PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC PROVIDERS PUBLIC SECTOR QUALITY CARE QUALITY OF CARE QUALITY OF HEALTH QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE SAFETY SERVICE PROVIDERS SURGERY TRAFFIC URBAN AREAS VILLAGE LEVEL VILLAGES WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/01/24016883/primary-care-poor-potential-micro-health-markets-improve-care http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23657

Primary Care for the Poor : The Potential of Micro-Health Markets to Improve Care

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