Institutional disrespect and abuse during health-care utilization in public health facilities of Tamil Nadu: A facility-based cross-sectional survey

Conclusion: Almost one in ten patients visiting secondary and tertiary care public health facilities in Tamil Nadu had faced some form of disrespect during their hospital visit/stay. The findings from our study should be taken up and further qualitative exploration to identify the reasons for such disrespectful care and corrective solutions should be suggested.

Source: Indian Journal of Public Health - March 31, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Yuvaraj Krishnamoorthy Venmathi Elangovan Murali Krishnan Isha Sinha Gerald Samuel Krishna Kanth Source Type: research