Urgent need to improve quality of outpatient care in public and private sector in poorer countries
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 21:30
in Health & Medicine
The overall poor quality of outpatient health care in both the formal private and public sector in low and middle income countries is worrying -- especially given the increasing volume of chronic conditions, such as diabetes and heart disease, which require relatively sophisticated, long-term outpatient medical care.
