The competence of village clinicians in the diagnosis and management of childhood epilepsy in Southwestern China and its determinants: A cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Hongmei Yi (Author), Huidi Liu (Author), Zhiping Wang (Author), Hao Xue (Author), Sean Sylvia (Author), Haonan Shi (Author), Dirk E. Teuwen (Author), Ying Han (Author), Jiong Qin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Due to lack of neurologists in low- and middle-income countries, communities of patients living with epilepsy are calling for task-shifting of diagnosis and management from physicians to paramedical providers in the primary health care systems to narrow the huge treatment gap. Evidence t...