In order to reduce maternal mortality, the Bangladesh government has increased its commitment to institutional deliveries. We assess the determinants of home, private and public sector utilization for a delivery in our country. Cross sectional analyses of the Bangladesh Demographic Health Survey 2007 dataset. Multinomial logistic regression is used to assess the determinants of the place o delivery. A majority delivered at home (n = 5090, 82.8%); with public and private facility deliveries accounting for 8% (n = 493) and 9.1% (n = 561) respectively. For the choice set of home delivery versus...
In order to reduce maternal mortality, the Bangladesh government has increased its commitment to institutional deliveries. We assess the determinants ...