Distance, transportation cost, and mode of transport in the utilization of facility-based maternity services: Evidence from rural Bangladesh

International Quarterly of Community Health Education

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 37-51

  Keya, Kaji Tamanna ^a   Rob, Ubaidur ^a   Rahman, Md Moshiur ^a   Bajracharya, Ashish ^a   Bellows, Benjamin ^b  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (Bangladesh)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; DELIVERY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925226752     PISSN: 0272684X     EISSN: 15413519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/IQ.35.1.d     Document Type: Article

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