What is the role of informal healthcare providers in developing countries? A systematic review.

Informal health care providers (IPs) comprise a significant component of health systems in developing nations. Yet little is known about the most basic characteristics of performance, cost, quality, utilization, and size of this sector. To address this gap we conducted a comprehensive literature rev...

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Main Authors: May Sudhinaraset, Matthew Ingram, Heather Kinlaw Lofthouse, Dominic Montagu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3566158?pdf=render