India accounts for 25% of global tuberculosis (TB) incidence. To evaluate variations in practice quality, and identify ways to improve TB management in India, this project, led by Canada's McGill University, will send researchers into clinics posing as a patient with standard TB symptoms. The project builds on earlier work related to angina, asthma and dysentery, which revealed incorrect diagnoses and treatment. India needs a strategy for measuring and improving quality of TB care. We will use “mystery clients” posing as TB patients to evaluate quality. This method could uncover variations in practice quality, and identify solutions to curb TB mismanagement.
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ST-POC-0373-01
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