1. Informing Resource-Poor Populations and the Delivery of Entitled Health and Social Services in Rural India.
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Pandey, Priyanka, Sehgal, Ashwini R., Riboud, Michelle, Levine, David, and Goyal, Madhav
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CLINICAL trial registries , *PATIENT education , *CONSUMER education , *MEDICAL care of poor people , *CITIZEN participation in social services , *SELF-efficacy , *RURAL medicine , *RURAL health services ,SOCIAL conditions of developing countries - Abstract
This article presents the results of a study that sought to see if poor populations could be informed of their entitled health services and if they were, if that would increase the delivery of heath services. Developing countries have a real problem with health care delivery even if the services are available. Inadequate service delivery often results from a lack of accountability by the health care workers and since the population generally doesn't know what they are entitled to, they rarely urge for service. The study found that informing the public did positively effect the delivery of health and social services and the authors conclude that patient education programs may improve the delivery of services elsewhere.
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- 2007
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