In Ghana this stood at odds with the perception of urban providers that their counterparts in rural areas were lazy - a finding which could again reflect the lack of status accorded to rural health work.
A negative value of the concentration index denotes inequity in skilled care at birth that is to the advantage of the lower wealth quintiles implying that women of lower socio-economic status are delivered by skilled health providers more than their counterparts who are wealthier.
Female CHWs tend to accomplish their roles as health providers better than their male counterparts.
With a few notable exceptions, chronic pediatric conditions are relatively rare, leading to less demand for these providers relative to their internal medicine counterparts.
(Respondent #4, UK healthcare provider) However, this was contradicted by most of their Indian counterparts, who believed healthcare providers in India have made great progress in obtaining national and international accreditation, and that the standard of care was very high.
However, the literature also suggests that compared to their public or not-for-profit counterparts, private for-profit providers fare poorer in terms of e.g. service quality [ 26], staff density [ 27], psychosocial working conditions [ 28] and costs of care [ 29].
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With China's businesses being relatively new entrants compared to their foreign counterparts, cooperation with shared economy providers is more feasible than in other nations.
In other words, poor individuals have a less likelihood of consulting modern health care providers when ill compared to their non poor counterparts, holding other determinants of health care provider choice constant.
In the course of this consultancy, consultations/interviews were carried out with a total of 102 persons, which included national counterparts, aimag/soum level officials, service providers, parents and caregivers, UNICEF staff members and donor agency officials.
