Symptoms and medical conditions in 204 912 patients visiting primary health-care practitioners in India: a 1-day point prevalence study (the POSEIDON study)

• Main Authors: Dr. Sundeep Salvi, MD (Author), Komalkirti Apte, MBBS (Author), Sapna Madas, MSc (Author), Monica Barne, MBBS (Author), Sushmeeta Chhowala, MSc (Author), Tavpritesh Sethi, PhD (Author), Kunal Aggarwal, BTech (Author), Anurag Agrawal, MD (Author), Jaideep Gogtay, MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: India has one of the highest disease burdens in the world. A better understanding of what ails India will help policy makers plan appropriate health-care services and infrastructure development, design medical education curricula, and identify health research priorities that are relevant...