Sayem Ahmed, Abdur Razzaque Sarker, Marufa Sultana, Sanchita Chakrovorty et al.
We aimed to estimate the impact of a Community-Based Health Insurance (CBHI) scheme on utilization of healthcare from medically trained providers (MTP) by informal workers. A quasi-experimental study was conducted where insured households were included in the intervention group and uninsured househo...
Jahangir Khan, Sayem Ahmed, Marufa Sultana, Abdur Razzaque Sarker et al.
BACKGROUND: We aimed to estimate the effect of the community-based health insurance (CBHI) scheme on the magnitude of out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for the healthcare of the informal workers and their dependents. The CBHI scheme was piloted through a cooperative of informal workers, which covered sev...
Marufa Sultana, Abdur Razzaque Sarker, Rashidul Alam Mahumud, Sayem Ahmed et al.
BACKGROUND: Measuring health status by using standardized and validated instrument has become a growing concern over the past few decades throughout the developed and developing countries. The aim of the study was to investigate the overall self-reported health status along with potential inequaliti...
Sayem Ahmed, Abdur Razzaque Sarker, Marufa Sultana, Sanchita Chakrovorty et al.
Community-based Health Insurance (CBHI) schemes are recommended for providing financial risk protection to low-income informal workers in Bangladesh. We assessed the problem of adverse selection in a pilot CBHI scheme in this context. In total, 1292 (646 insured and 646 uninsured) respondents were s...
Sanchita Chakrovorty, A.K. Enamul Haque
Most of the cities in developing countries are built on filling wetlands and are also being expanded using continuous land filling and embankments. In coastal areas, cities are doubly threatened as this water is also saline. This paper used these backgrounds to understand how the urban land market i...
Marufa Sultana, Abdur Razzaque Sarker, Rashidul Alam Mahumud, Sayem Ahmed et al.
Background: Measuring health status by using standardized and validated instrument has become a growing concern over the past few decades throughout the developed and developing countries.The aim of the study was to investigate the overall self-reported health status along with potential inequalitie...