Go to just about any clinic, pharmacy, or hospital in Nepal with a head cold. Your symptoms are invariably caused by a virus, for which time is the only remedy, rather than antibiotics, steroids, or vitamins. Despite the substantial harms and lack of
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Jul 20 2015, 07:35 AM
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Filed under: Public Health, Global Health, Quality, Hospitals, Population Health, Payment Policy, Organization and Delivery, Costs and Spending, Equity and Disparities, Health Professionals, fee-for-service, Duncan Maru, preventative care, globalization, Kathmandu, Nepal