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Backstory: Patrick Agte on Understaffing in Public Health Care

Backstory: Patrick Agte on Understaffing in Public Health Care6. Aug.25 Min.

<p>Maddison speaks with Patrick Agte of the Stockholm School of Economics about his working paper on the understaffing of India&#39;s public healthcare system, and how performance was dramatically improved by the adding a second healthcare worker to village clinics. They also discuss the benefits — and costs — of building relationships with government officials for conducting important research.<br>The paper is available here: https://patrickagte.github.io/patrickagte/agte_jmp.pdf</p>