Ghost doctors: Absenteeism in rural Bangladeshi health facilities

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 423-441

  Chaudhury, Nazmul ^a   Hammer, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH WORKER;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 12844281166     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/lhh047     Document Type: Article

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