Use of standardised patients to assess gender differences in quality of tuberculosis care in urban India: a two-city, cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Benjamin Daniels, MSc (Author), Ada Kwan, MHS (Author), Srinath Satyanarayana, MD (Author), Ramnath Subbaraman, MD (Author), Ranendra K Das, PhD (Author), Veena Das, ProfPhD (Author), Jishnu Das, PhD (Author), Madhukar Pai, ProfMD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: In India, men are more likely than women to have active tuberculosis but are less likely to be diagnosed and notified to national tuberculosis programmes. We used data from standardised patient visits to assess whether these gender differences occur because of provider practice....