A systematic tale of two differing reviews: evaluating the evidence on public and private sector quality of primary care in low and middle income countries

A systematic tale of two differing reviews: evaluating the evidence on public and private sector quality of primary care in low and middle income countries

Abstract Systematic reviews are powerful tools for summarizing vast amounts of data in controversial areas; but their utility is limited by methodological choices and assumptions. Two systematic reviews of literature on the quality of private sector primary care in low and middle income countries (L...

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Main Authors:	Jorge Coarasa, Jishnu Das, Elizabeth Gummerson, Asaf Bitton
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2017-04-01
Series:	Globalization and Health
Subjects:	Systematic Reviews Quality of Care Public versus Private care Primary Health Care LMIC Primary Care
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12992-017-0246-4

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