Utilization of health care facilities in Bangladesh

This study was conducted among 310 families at some urban and rural areas of Mymensingh district to know the pattern of utilization of available health care facilities by them. Out of 310 families, 150 were from 4 villages of Muktagacha thana (rural) and 160 were from Mymensingh pouroshava (urban). It was observed that 93.3 percent from rural and 95.6 percent of urban population were utilizing modern health care facilities. Of them 40.6 percent from urban and 33.3 per cent of rural areas were found to prefer private sector facilities. More than three-fourth of the urban children and half of the rural children of the families under study were found immunized. About 70 per cent of the town dwellers were availing MCH care. On the contrary the rate of utilization of MCH services by the village people was only 37.3 per cent.