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The Impact Of General Strike On Government Healthcare Delivery In Kerala State In India, Aasems Jacob, Heidi L. Weiss, Aju Mathew
The Impact Of General Strike On Government Healthcare Delivery In Kerala State In India, Aasems Jacob, Heidi L. Weiss, Aju Mathew
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General strike (also known as hartal) is used as a mode of protest by organizations and political parties in India. It is generally thought that hartals negatively impact the healthcare delivery in a society. We used the Right to Information Act to obtain data from government health centers in Kerala state in India for four hartal days (H-day) and two control days (A-day and B-day) for each H-day, from sixteen health centers including 6 Community Health Center (CHC), 6 Secondary Health Center (SHC), and 4 Tertiary Health Center (THC). Data on emergency room visits was available for six HCs. 15 …