Out-of-pocket expenses for maternity care in rural Bangladesh: A public-private comparison

International Quarterly of Community Health Education

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-157

  Rahman, Md ^a   Rob, Ubaidur ^a   Noor, Forhana ^a   Bellows, Benjamin ^b  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (Bangladesh)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877687198     PISSN: 0272684X     EISSN: 15413519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/IQ.33.2.d     Document Type: Article

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