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Proximity to health care centres and service intake: The case of Community Clinics in Bangladesh

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  • Syed Hasan

    (School of Economics and Finance, Massey University, Palmerston North)

  • Tasnima Akter

    (Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Australia)

  • Musharrat Jahan

    (UNICEF, Bangladesh)

  • Ashraf Dewan

    (School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Australia)

Abstract

We investigate how distance from heath centres affects service intake for women and children. Relying on five rounds of recent nationally representative demographic and health survey data from Bangladesh, our logistic regression analyses reveal that proximity to health centres barely affects the intake of health care services for women and children, even in the country’s rural areas. Interestingly, this indicates that the newly established Community Clinics have not significantly contributed to the country’s intake of health care services. The low service intake may result from their poor standard at the local health centres indicating that improving the service quality can help Bangladesh in raising the intake of health care services. Other ways to encourage people, like mandating ANC and PNC visits and vaccination and the introduction of referral services, can also improve the health service intake rate.

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  • Syed Hasan & Tasnima Akter & Musharrat Jahan & Ashraf Dewan, 2022. "Proximity to health care centres and service intake: The case of Community Clinics in Bangladesh," Discussion Papers 2201, School of Economics and Finance, Massey University, New Zealand.
    • Handle: RePEc:mas:dpaper:2201
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    Keywords

    Health service delivery; Community Clinics; Health centre’s proximity; Bangladesh;
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    JEL classification:

    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health

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