DOI: 10.5176/2251-3833_GHC18.02
Authors: Vishakha Gautam
Abstract: This research was conducted in Delhi considering the overall scenario of India which discusses the majority of the poorest of the poor in Delhi who uses the private sector for health care. The private sector in the city is dominated by hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics but the most popular for those living in slum clusters or densely congested areas are the burgeoning numbers of individual practitioners who operate ‘clinics' within the immediate vicinity of these neighbourhoods. A majority of these practitioners are not trained in any system of medicine and are unregistered. The secondary data, as well as a many research conducted in such areas, has provided a lot of evidence of misdiagnoses, incorrect treatment practices and over-prescription of drugs. But in the absence of any legal accountability and monitoring check, few complaints are registered. These unregistered and under qualified practitioners are a hazard for the city. But these unregistered practitioners or RMPs cannot be removed completely, as a large population of the city resorts to them. This paper presents a research on why, despite the presence of free government institutions, the poor still prefer these untrained practitioners. It proceeds with conducting a primary study to understand the interactions in these clinics, on the presumption that this will lead to possible strategies in which a private sector and public sector can ensure a better quality of health care services provided to urban poor.
Keywords: RMP, Non Qualified Professionals, Private Healthcare, Slum Population, Continued Medical Education.
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