HIGHLIGHTS
SUMMARY
Using incognito Standardized Patients (SPs)-individuals from the local community trained to act as real patients with a set of simulated symptoms or problems- the research team found that the sampled providers in the THCs correctly diagnosed tuberculosis only 38% of the time; providers in the sample`s VCs only correctly diagnosed tuberculosis 28% of the time. There were also significant gaps between correct and harmful medications prescribed across Frontiers in Public Health the vignette and SP visits, resulting in a know-do gap of 18.2% points between the 95.1% of that . . .
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