Table 2.

Key findings of studies using standardised patients^{13 14 15 16 17}

Location of study	Conditions studied	No of standardised patients	No of healthcare visits / practitioners included	% With correct diagnosis	% Correctly managed or referred		% given unnecessary antibiotics
					No unnecessary drugs given	Some unnecessary drugs given
India:
Delhi (urban)	Angina, asthma, and diarrhoea	17	250	23	46	NA	NA
	Tuberculosis	17	250	NA	8	21	54
Madhya Pradesh (rural)	Angina, asthma and diarrhoea	22	677	12*	8	36	35
Bihar (rural)	Childhood diarrhoea	NA	340	3	0	17	NA
	Childhood pneumonia	NA	340	8	14	60	NA
China:
Shaanxi Province (rural)	Dysentery and angina	4	82	37	24	52	NA
Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Anhui Provinces (rural)	Tuberculosis	4	138	15	25	40	51
Kenya:
Nairobi (urban)	Angina, asthma, diarrhoea, and tuberculosis	14	166	32*	22	53	55

^*Denominators for denoted percentages are limited to cases in which a diagnosis was given. All other rates have a denominator of overall cases. The proportion of presentations that received a diagnosis ranged from 6% in the Bihar childhood diarrhoea case to 90% in the China tuberculosis case.