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This study examined disease-stratified healthcare utilisation (HCU) among Bangladesh patients with chronic diseases from a gender perspective.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec002\">\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Data from the nationally representative Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2016\u20132017 consisting of 12,005 patients with diagnosed chronic diseases was used. Gender differentiated chronic disease stratified-analytical exploration was performed to identify the potential factors to higher or lower utilisation of healthcare services. Logistic regression with step-by-step adjustment for independent confounding factors was the method used.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec003\">\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The five most prevalent chronic diseases among patients were gastric\/ulcer (Male\/Female, M\/F: 16.77%\/16.40%), arthritis\/rheumatism (M\/F: 13.70%\/ 13.86%), respiratory diseases\/asthma\/bronchitis (M\/F: 12.09% \/ 12.55%), chronic heart disease (M\/F: 8.30% \/ 7.41%), and blood pressure (M\/F: 8.20% \/ 8.87%). Eighty-six percent of patients with chronic diseases utilised health care services during the previous 30 days. Although most patients received outpatient healthcare services, a substantial difference in HCU among employed male (53%) and female (8%) patients were observed. Chronic heart disease patients were more likely to utilise health care than other disease types, which held true for both genders while the magnitude of HCU was significantly higher in males (OR = 2.22; 95% CI:1.51\u20133.26) than their female counterparts (OR = 1.44; 1.02\u20132.04). A similar association was observed among patients with diabetes and respiratory diseases.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"sec004\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A burden of chronic diseases was observed in Bangladesh. Patients with chronic heart disease utilised more healthcare services than patients experiencing other chronic diseases. The distribution of HCU varied by patient\u2019s gender as well as their employment status. Risk-pooling mechanisms and access to free or low-cost healthcare services among the most disadvantaged people in society might enhance reaching universal health coverage.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0284117","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,2]],"date-time":"2023-05-02T13:50:51Z","timestamp":1683035451000},"page":"e0284117","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.corrections_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["The burden of chronic diseases, disease-stratified exploration and gender-differentiated healthcare utilisation among patients in Bangladesh"],"prefix":"10.1371","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9788-1868","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Rashidul Alam","family":"Mahumud","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jeff","family":"Gow","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Md Parvez","family":"Mosharaf","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9610-1479","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Satyajit","family":"Kundu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5517-8557","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Md. 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