2004
DOI: 10.1016/s0968-8080(04)24142-8
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The Tremendous Cost of Seeking Hospital Obstetric Care in Bangladesh

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“…Moreover, there are some unpredictable and uncountable costs such as hospital fees, corruption (which is the demand known as under-the-table payment), and medical supplies which bring additional financial pressure among the families to get access to the SBAs [10][11][12]. These all drive the poor away from accessing an SBA and to seeking the TBA whose services seem affordable.…”
Section: Financementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Moreover, there are some unpredictable and uncountable costs such as hospital fees, corruption (which is the demand known as under-the-table payment), and medical supplies which bring additional financial pressure among the families to get access to the SBAs [10][11][12]. These all drive the poor away from accessing an SBA and to seeking the TBA whose services seem affordable.…”
Section: Financementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Corruption in the public sector has included: the use of unofficial payments in the markets for health care in transition countries (Ensor 2004); judicial corruption and policy development (Lambsdorff 2002;Marjit and Shi 1998); as well as corruption by correctional officers (Dowden and Tellier 2004), the police force (McCormack 1996); educators (Heyneman 2004); and public health officials (Reich 2002;Afsana 2004;Ensor 2004). Within the publicly funded health sector, corruption has been identified to have serious detrimental effects upon patient safety and quality of care (Ibrahim and Majoor 2002).…”
Section: Corruption In Organizationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As has been seen in other countries in the region, a number of general barriers to accessing professional delivery care exist. Distance, transportation, cost, and perceived low quality of care, have all been identified discouraging use of maternal health services in the country [6,[20][21][22][23].…”
Section: Background-maternal Care In Bangladeshmentioning
confidence: 99%