… but in this study we focus on informal rural medical practitioners in India. While the informal
provider (IP) term is widely used within India and in global health discourse more broadly, we …

… appropriate qualifications for the health services they deliver [15]. … this health workforce are
Informal Providers and Informal … health system: a qualitative study from a south Indian district. …

… of health care markets, the large share of private informal … what the landscape of rural health
care providers really looks like. … , with 152 in the six South Indian states and only 43 in the …

… of formal and informal primary care providers—IPs, AYUSH physicians and allopathic
doctors—… survey of primary care providers in the state of Bihar in eastern India. Understanding the …

… to examine the determinants of curative healthcare choice (formal and informal) and healthcare
alternatives (public hospital, primary healthcare services and private facilities) during the …

… Healthcare services in urban areas in India have been found … in lower investments in rural
health infrastructure that suffers from … from informal healthcare service providers Footnote 8 are …

… Our findings indicate poor knowledge and awareness of antibiotic use and functions
among informal health providers, and dissonance between knowledge and practices among …

… the perspectives and inputs from healthcare providers working in the field. Similar surveys
among a larger sample of primary care physicians in India and other South Asian countries is …

… payments for private care, and informal payments for public care, long … health services
among three categories of states, findings from this study suggest that utilization from public health …

… policy implication for the Indian policy makers, as … healthcare services, with public healthcare
facilities in India. This could explain why private healthcare facilities are booming in India, …