The health workforce crisis in Bangladesh: shortage, inappropriate skill-mix and inequitable distribution

Table 1 Number of sample Primary Service Units (PSUs) by division and rural/urban areas according to PPS (Probability Proportion to Size)

Division	Total PSUs enumerated by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics for Sample Registration Survey		Number of sample PSUs taken
	All	Urban	All	Rural	Urban
Barisal	79	11	4.7 ≈ 5	4	1
Chittagong	172	41	10.3 ≈ 10	8	2
Dhaka	307	105	18.4 ≈ 18	12	6
Khulna	125	25	7.5 ≈ 8	6	2
Rajshahi	263	39	15.8 ≈ 16	14	2
Sylhet	55	7	3.3 ≈ 3	2	1
Rural	774	---	46.5 ≈ 46	---	---
Urban	225	---	13.5 ≈ 14	---	---
Total	1000		60	46	14

Note: Urban area included the statistical metropolitan area (SMA), municipality area and other urban areas (e.g. 'thana sadar' area which has the quality of municipality).

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