Does gender inequality matter for access to and utilization of maternal healthcare services in Bangladesh?

Firoz Ahmed; Fahmida Akter Oni; Sk. Sharafat Hossen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0257388

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Does gender inequality matter for access to and utilization of maternal healthcare services in Bangladesh?

Firoz Ahmed ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: firoz.ahmed@econ.ku.ac.bd

Affiliation Economics Discipline, Social Science School, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4978-3993

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Fahmida Akter Oni,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Economics Discipline, Social Science School, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8580-4080

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Sk. Sharafat Hossen

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Economics Discipline, Social Science School, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh
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Does gender inequality matter for access to and utilization of maternal healthcare services in Bangladesh?

Firoz Ahmed,
Fahmida Akter Oni,
Sk. Sharafat Hossen

Published: September 16, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0257388

About the Authors

Firoz Ahmed

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: firoz.ahmed@econ.ku.ac.bd

Affiliation Economics Discipline, Social Science School, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4978-3993

Fahmida Akter Oni

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Economics Discipline, Social Science School, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8580-4080

Sk. Sharafat Hossen

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Economics Discipline, Social Science School, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

Competing Interests

We have no conflicts of interest to disclose.

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