Who serves the urban poor? A geospatial and descriptive analysis of health services in slum settlements in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 30, Issue , 2015, Pages i32-i45

  Adams, Alayne M ^a   Islam, Rubana ^a   Ahmed, Tanvir ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Health service providers; private providers; urban health; urban slum

Indexed keywords

BANGLADESH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POVERTY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

BANGLADESH; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; POVERTY AREAS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84961292062     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czu094     Document Type: Article

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