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Cesarean sections in Bangladesh have increased 751% from 3.88% in 2004 to 33% in 2017/18, but the access gap between wealthy and poorer women has increased significantly

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Fig 3. (a-d) Distribution of Socioeconomic Status among women having caesarean section use in Bangladesh, 2004-2017/18.

image: Fig 3. (a-d) Distribution of Socioeconomic Status among women having caesarean section use in Bangladesh, 2004-2017/18. view more 

Credit: Khan et al., 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Cesarean sections in Bangladesh have increased 751% from 3.88% in 2004 to 33% in 2017/18, but the access gap between wealthy and poorer women has increased significantly

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0000091

Article Title: Too many yet too few caesarean section deliveries in Bangladesh: Evidence from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys data

Author Countries: Bangladesh, Malaysia

Funding: This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or non-profit sectors.

Journal

PLOS Global Public Health

DOI

10.1371/journal.pgph.0000091

Article Title

Too many yet too few caesarean section deliveries in Bangladesh: Evidence from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys data

Article Publication Date

2-Feb-2022

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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