Care-seeking patterns for fatal non-communicable diseases among women of reproductive age in rural northwest Bangladesh
Journal Title: BMC Women's Health - Year 2012, Vol 12, Issue
Abstract
Though non-communicable diseases contribute to an increasing share of the disease burden in South Asia, health systems in most rural communities are ill-equipped to deal with chronic illness. This analysis seeks to describe care-seeking behavior among women of reproductive age who died from fatal non-communicable diseases as recorded in northwest rural Bangladesh between 2001 and 2007.
Authors and Affiliations
Shegufta S Sikder, Alain B Labrique, Barkat Ullah, Sucheta Mehra, Mahbubur Rashid, Hasmot Ali, Nusrat Jahan, Abu A Shamim, Keith P West, Jr, Parul Christian
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