Mir Raihanul Islam Archives

Who is absent and why? Factors affecting doctor absenteeism in Bangladesh

Authors: Mir Raihanul Islam, Blake Angell, Nahitun Naher, Bushra Zarin Islam, Mushtaq Khan, Martin McKee, Eleanor Hutchinson, Dina Balabanova, Syed Masud Ahmed

Publication date: April 2024

Absenteeism by doctors in public healthcare facilities in rural Bangladesh is a form of chronic rule-breaking and is recognised as a critical problem by the ...

Incentivising doctor attendance in rural Bangladesh: a latent class analysis of a discrete choice experiment

Authors: Blake Angell, Mushtaq Khan, Mir Raihanul Islam, Kate Mandeville, Nahitun Naher, Eleanor Hutchinson, Martin McKee, Syed Masud Ahmed, Dina Balabanova

Publication date: July 2021

Abstract Objective Doctor absenteeism is widespread in Bangladesh, and the perspectives of the actors involved are insufficiently understood. This paper sought to elicit preferences of doctors ...