Improving access to medicines for non-communicable diseases in rural primary care: results from a quasi-randomized cluster trial in a district in South India

Abstract Background A large proportion of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are treatable within primary health care (PHC) settings in a cost-effective manner. However, the utilization of PHCs for NCD care is comparatively low in India. The Access-to-Medicines (ATM) study examined whether (and how) i...

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Main Authors: Manoj Kumar Pati, Upendra Bhojani, Maya Annie Elias, Prashanth N. Srinivas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-08-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06800-x