2017
Evaluation of a social franchising and telemedicine programme and the care provided for childhood diarrhoea and pneumonia, Bihar, India
Mohanan M, Giardili S, Das V, Rabin TL, Raj SS, Schwartz JI, Seth A, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Miller G, Vera-Hernández M. Evaluation of a social franchising and telemedicine programme and the care provided for childhood diarrhoea and pneumonia, Bihar, India. Bulletin Of The World Health Organization 2017, 95: 343-352e. PMID: 28479635, PMCID: PMC5418816, DOI: 10.2471/blt.16.179556.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChildhood diarrheaHealth care providers' knowledgeTelemedicine programHypothetical patient vignettesStandardized patient methodHealth care providersHigh-quality careDifferences linear regression modelPatients MethodsProvider knowledgeAppropriate carePatient vignettesPneumoniaDiarrheaCareSocial franchisingProvider performanceLinear regression modelsSocial franchising programsRegression modelsRepresentative sampleProgram implementationProvidersRural areas
2015
The Know-Do Gap in Quality of Health Care for Childhood Diarrhea and Pneumonia in Rural India
Mohanan M, Vera-Hernández M, Das V, Giardili S, Goldhaber-Fiebert JD, Rabin TL, Raj SS, Schwartz JI, Seth A. The Know-Do Gap in Quality of Health Care for Childhood Diarrhea and Pneumonia in Rural India. JAMA Pediatrics 2015, 169: 349-357. PMID: 25686357, PMCID: PMC5023324, DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.3445.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care practitionersChildhood diarrheaCare practitionersChildhood mortalityHealth careStandardized patientsHarmful treatmentCorrect treatmentMost health care practitionersKey diagnostic questionsLocal health care practitionersOral rehydration saltsUnannounced standardized patientsDiagnostic questionsCross-sectional studyPediatric health care practitionersQuality of careHigher knowledge scoresDiarrhea treatmentRehydration saltsActual careMAIN OUTCOMEMultivariable regressionAppropriate carePneumonia