Using standardized simulated patients to measure ethnic disparities in family planning services in Peru: Study protocol and pre-trial procedures of a crossover randomized trial

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Date issued
March 2014
Subject
Afro-Descendants;
Health Services;
Women;
Management;
Indigenous People
JEL code
C93 - Field Experiments;
I14 - Health and Inequality;
J13 - Fertility • Family Planning • Child Care • Children • Youth;
J15 - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants • Non-labor Discrimination;
J16 - Economics of Gender • Non-labor Discrimination
Country
Peru
Category
Technical Notes
This study aims to evaluate whether health providers in Peru might be contributing to ethnic health disparities in the provision of family planning services, by comparing providers' adherence to national family planning guidelines.