Poverty status and health equity: Evidence from rural Bangladesh

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 193-205

  Karim, F ^a   Tripura, A ^a   Gani, M S ^a   Chowdhury, A M R ^a  

^a RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Extreme poor; Health equity; Moderate poor; Non poor; Use of services

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POVERTY; RURAL POPULATION;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOOD SECURITY; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAND USE; MALE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS;

BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33344454727     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.08.016     Document Type: Article

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