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The impact of access to health facilities on maternal care use, travel patterns, and health status: evidence from longitudinal data from Uganda

By: Manang, Fredrick and Yamauchi, Chkako.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Economic Development and Cultural Change Description: 69(1), Oct, 2020: p.405-451.Subject(s): Health facilities, Maternal careSummary: This paper investigates whether new health facilities affect maternal care use, maternal/child health, and travel patterns to facilities. Community- and mother-level fixed effects models are applied to decade-long panel data from Uganda. The results show that the openings of large facilities increase delivery at formal facilities, while new clinics increase regular antenatal care usage. The first facility of each type drives these results, and the impact of a large facility was found only in areas that initially had clinics. These results imply that clinics link mothers with the national health system and underscore the importance of making health facilities accessible. – Reproduced
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This paper investigates whether new health facilities affect maternal care use, maternal/child health, and travel patterns to facilities. Community- and mother-level fixed effects models are applied to decade-long panel data from Uganda. The results show that the openings of large facilities increase delivery at formal facilities, while new clinics increase regular antenatal care usage. The first facility of each type drives these results, and the impact of a large facility was found only in areas that initially had clinics. These results imply that clinics link mothers with the national health system and underscore the importance of making health facilities accessible. – Reproduced

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