TY - BOOK AU - Singh, Vanita TI - To Rx or Not: : Mainstreaming Informal Providers: Case analysis PY - 2022/// CY - India PB - Sage KW - MEDICAL personnel KW - RURAL health KW - HEALTH equity KW - Case Analysis N2 - These IPs provide low-cost essential care to community people, but given that many IPs have no formal training, the quality of care and the resulting health outcomes are always a concern. This case revitalizes the policy debate about mainstreaming informal providers (IPs) in India's rural healthcare delivery system. However, with increasing evidence of the supportive role of IPs, especially in most backward states in India, the policy debate is shifting towards a co-option strategy for IPs UR - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/02560909221141155 ER -