Impact of out-of-pocket expenditures on families and barriers to use of maternal and child health services in Bangladesh : findings from the ADB RETA-6515 study; summary brief
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2012-12
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Asian Development Bank
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The Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) analysis reveals that treating children at government health facilities was almost twice as expensive as by private doctors. Pharmacies and drug shops were one of the cheapest options, explaining why the poor rely on them so much. To improve access and coverage of government health services, the Government of Bangladesh should focus on: increasing overall budgetary expenditures on heath care; increasing budgetary allocations to maternal inpatient care, (iii) improving the availability of medicines at Ministry of Health and Family Welfare facilities; and (iv) improving operational efficiencies at facilities.
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BANGLADESH, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENDITURE, ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, HEALTH FINANCING, GOVERNMENT POLICY, WOMEN'S HEALTH, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH SYSTEM, EFFICIENCY, SOUTH ASIA