Reaching the unreachable: a mixed-method evaluation of multidimensional healthcare model addressing the healthcare service gaps in hard-to-reach Northern riverine Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hard-to-reach riverine communities of northern Bangladesh face unique challenges in healthcare services. Friendship, an international social purpose organization, implemented a 3-tier healthcare model addressing these unique challenges over the past 20 years. This study evaluated Friendship's 3-tier healthcare model in the northern riverine area, assessing service-seeking practices, experiences, stakeholders' perceptions, and cost benefits for beneficiaries.

Methods

A concurrent mixed-method approach was employed, including desk reviews, a cross-sectional quantitative survey, facility mapping, and qualitative interviews with service recipients, community representatives, healthcare providers, and health managers. Data were collected from five hard-to-reach riverin

SUBMITTER: Sajib MRUZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11995601 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature