Nazmul Chaudhury
Ghost Doctors: Absenteeism in Rural Bangladeshi Health Facilities
World Bank Group
unannounced visits made health clinics bangladesh determine proportion medical professionals assigned post averaged job categories types facility absentee rate 35 percent absentee rate physicians 40 percent larger clinics 74 percent smaller subcenters single physician whether medical provider lives near health facility opportunity cost providers time road access rural electrification highly correlated rate pattern absenteeism