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Table 4 Key policies related to financial incentives

From: Developing effective policy strategies to retain health workers in rural Bangladesh: a policy analysis

Medical

Nursing

Appropriate financial incentives

 

• Provision of hardship allowance (33% of basic salary maximum up to BDT 3,000) per month for medical doctors working in hard-to-reach areas, particularly in three districts of the Chittagong Hill Tracts

• Provision of hardship allowance (33% of basic salary maximum up to BDT 3,000) per month for those nurses working in hard-to-reach areas, particularly in three districts of the Chittagong Hill Tracts

• Emphasis is given to introduce specific incentive packages for rural retention of HRH

• Emphasis is given to introduce specific incentive packages for rural retention of HRH