" The poor in Udaipur seem to select the doubly expensive plan: cure, rather than prevention, and cure from private doctors rather than from the trained nurses and doctors the government provides for free. That might make sense if the private doctors were better qualified, but this does not seem to be the case: Just over half of the private “doctors” have a medical college degree (this includes unconventional degrees like BAMS [Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medical Science] and BUMS [Bachelor of Unani Medical Science]), and one-third have no college education whatsoever. When we look at the people who “help the doctor,” most of whom also see patients, the picture becomes even bleaker: Two-thirds have no formal qualification in medicine at all. "
― Abhijit V. Banerjee , Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
![Abhijit V. Banerjee quote : The poor in Udaipur seem to select the doubly expensive plan: cure, rather than prevention, and cure from private doctors rather than from the trained nurses and doctors the government provides for free. That might make sense if the private doctors were better qualified, but this does not seem to be the case: Just over half of the private “doctors” have a medical college degree (this includes unconventional degrees like BAMS [Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medical Science] and BUMS [Bachelor of Unani Medical Science]), and one-third have no college education whatsoever. When we look at the people who “help the doctor,” most of whom also see patients, the picture becomes even bleaker: Two-thirds have no formal qualification in medicine at all.](/image/2775421.jpg)