In search of a fix to the primary health care chasm in India: can institutionalizing a public health cadre and inducting family physicians be the answer?
Author | Allen Prabhaker Ugargo | |
Author | Arnab Mukherji | |
Author | Ritika Tiwari | |
Date Accessioned | 2024-12-07T05:05:44Z | |
Date Available | 2024-12-07T05:05:44Z | |
Date of Publication | 2023 | |
Abstract | Provisioning medical officers and general practitioners trained in family medicine can salvage community's confidence in primary care, increase primary healthcare utilization, stymie over-specialization of care, channelize and prioritize referrals, and guarantee competence in healthcare quality for rural communities. | |
Identifier URI | https://resourcerepository.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/handle/apurr/1154 | |
Publisher | The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia | |
Source URI/URL | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lansea.2023.100197 | |
Keyword | NCD | |
Keyword | Urbanization | |
Title | In search of a fix to the primary health care chasm in India: can institutionalizing a public health cadre and inducting family physicians be the answer? | |
Item Type | Article |