Do community scorecards improve utilisation of health services in community clinics: experience from a rural area of Bangladesh.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The government of Bangladesh initiated community clinics (CC) to extend the reach of public health services and these facilities were planned to be run through community participation. However, utilisation of CC services is still very low. Evidence indicates community score card is an effective tool to increase utilisation of services from health facility through regular interface meeting between service providers and beneficiary. We investigated whether community scorecards (CSC) improve utilisation of health services provided by CCs in rural area of Bangladesh.

Methods

This study was conducted from December 2017 to November 2018. Three intervention and three control CCs were selected from Chakaria, a rural sub-district of Bangladesh. CSC was introduced with the

SUBMITTER: Hanifi SMA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7604960 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature