Chaudhury, NazmulHammer, Jeffrey S.2014-02-262014-02-262004-09World Bank Economic Reviewhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/17167Unannounced visits were made to health clinics in Bangladesh to determine what proportion of medical professionals were at their assigned post. Averaged over all job categories and types of facility, the absentee rate was 35 percent. The absentee rate for physicians was 40 percent at the larger clinics and 74 percent at the smaller sub-centers with a single physician. Whether the medical provider lives near the health facility, the opportunity cost of the provider's time, road access, and rural electrification are highly correlated with the rate and pattern of absenteeism.en-USCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGOBASIC EDUCATIONCLEANLINESSCLINICSDISEASEDISPENSARIESDOCTORDOCTORSEXPENDITURESEXTERNALITIESFAMILIESFAMILY HEALTHFAMILY PLANNINGFAMILY WELFAREFEMALEGENDERHEALTH CAREHEALTH CARE DELIVERYHEALTH CARE PROVIDERHEALTH CENTERSHEALTH CLINICSHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH POLICYHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH STATUSHEALTH SYSTEMHEALTH WORKERSHOMESHOSPITALSHOUSEHOLDSINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOMEINTERVENTIONSLITERACY RATESLOCAL COMMUNITYMEDICAL CAREMEDICAL DOCTORSMEDICAL PERSONNELMEDICAL PROFESSIONALSMEDICAL SERVICESMEDICAL STAFFNUMBER OF PEOPLENURSENURSESOUTPATIENT CAREPARAMEDICSPATIENTSPHARMACISTPHARMACISTSPHYSICIANPHYSICIANSPLACE OF RESIDENCEPOLICY DIALOGUEPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPRACTITIONERSPRIMARY CAREPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIMARY SCHOOLSPROBABILITYPROVISION OF SERVICESPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMSPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SERVICEPUBLIC SERVICESQUALITY OF LIFEREPRODUCTIVE HEALTHRURAL AREASRURAL WOMENSERVICE PROVIDERSSERVICE PROVISIONSERVICE QUALITYSEXSPOUSESTRADITIONAL HEALERSURBAN AREASURBAN POPULATIONVACCINATIONVILLAGESWOMANWOMEN IN GOVERNMENTWORKERSWORKING CONDITIONSJournal ArticleWorld Bank10.1596/17167