Allopathic, AYUSH and informal medical practitioners in rural India – a prescription for change

This paper looks at the treatment seeking behaviour of rural households and presents factors that discourage them from using public health facilities. It also brings out how Allopathic medical graduates as well as institutionally qualified AYUSH doctors predominantly offer services in cities and tow...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shailaja Chandra, Kishor Patwardhan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-04-01
Series:Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0975947618303486