FRONTIERS PROJECT
The Impact of Quality of Care Upon Contraceptive Use: Evidence from Longitudinal Data from Rural Bangladesh

With support from FRONTIERS, the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health assessed the impact of improvements in quality of care on contraceptive use among rural women. Higher quality of care by field workers is associated with a 60 percent greater likelihood of modern method adoption and roughly a one-third reduction in discontinuation. Quality of care is a highly significant determinant of continuation for uneducated, low-income women but not for educated or socioeconomically advantaged women. 

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Location

Bangladesh

Duration

March 2001–December 2002

Population Council researcher

John Townsend

Non-Council collaborator

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

Donor

US Agency for International Development

Publications/Resources
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type. 

2004
"Bangladesh: High quality of care during outreach linked to contraceptive use," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 41. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

2003
Koenig, Michael A., Saifuddin Ahmed, and Mian Bazle Hossain. "The impact of quality of care on contraceptive use: Evidence from longitudinal data from rural Bangladesh," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. (PDF, 542 KB)

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See Also

• Bangladesh
• General Quality of Care
• Reproductive Health
• FRONTIERS Bangladesh
• FRONTIERS Quality of Care Improvement

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