COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF FAMILY-PLANNING PROGRAMS IN RURAL BANGLADESH - EVIDENCE FROM MATLAB

This study systematically examines the cost of the Family Planning Health Services Project in Matlab and assesses its cost-effectiveness. An experimental design framework is used, although a sensitivity analysis lends further support to the relative efficiency of the approach undertaken in Matlab. Although in the aggregate, the Matlab Project is more expensive than the government's family planning program, it is also more effective, generating enough output to offset the extra costs of the intensified delivery system. -from Authors