Diagnostics barriers and innovations in rural areas: insights from junior medical doctors on the frontlines of rural care in Peru
Summary. Rural doctors in Peru identify three major barriers to diagnosis: lack of point-of-care diagnostic tools for diseases like malaria, dengue, and tuberculosis; health system failures including limited funding and specialist shortages; and patient barriers to accessing referral care. Doctors propose point-of-care equipment and telemedicine as solutions, but note that technological fixes alone cannot address underlying social, organizational, and policy problems.
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Anticona, C., Travezaño, M. J. P., Correa, M., Malpartida, H. M., Oberhelman, R. A., Murphy, L., & Paz‐Soldán, V. A.. (2015). Diagnostics barriers and innovations in rural areas: insights from junior medical doctors on the frontlines of rural care in Peru. BMC Health Services Research. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1114-7
Anticona, Cynthia, et al. “Diagnostics barriers and innovations in rural areas: insights from junior medical doctors on the frontlines of rural care in Peru.” BMC Health Services Research, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1114-7.
Anticona, Cynthia, Monica Jehnny Pajuelo Travezaño, Malena Correa, Holger Mayta Malpartida, Richard A. Oberhelman, Laura Murphy, and Valerie A. Paz‐Soldán. 2015. “Diagnostics barriers and innovations in rural areas: insights from junior medical doctors on the frontlines of rural care in Peru.” BMC Health Services Research. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1114-7.
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- 10.1186/s12913-015-1114-7
- Countries
- Peru
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- South America
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- rural-healthcare, innovation-networks
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