Improving the performance of health care delivery systems to provide quality care for persons with chronic diseases at the primary level of healthcare in rural Karnataka, India Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Narayanan Devadasan, Bart Criel
Chronic diseases, especially cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes are a growing health problem globally and the burden is disproportionately higher in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) like India. This study is an enquiry into the care of persons with CVD or at risk of developing the disease as a prototype of chronic disease care at the primary healthcare level in rural India. The first phase of the study seeks to critically analyze ...