The Impact of Access to Health Facilities on Maternal Care Use, Travel Patterns, and Health Status
Evidence from Longitudinal Data from Uganda
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4360233 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Fredrick Manang (The University of Dodoma), Chikako Yamauchi (0000-0003-1799-8535, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 405-451 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic Development and Cultural Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0079 • E-ISSN: 1539-2988 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/702794 |
| OpenAlex | W2911301598 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 31 |
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
Affect (linguistics) · Business · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Health care · Health facility · Health services · Longitudinal data · Panel data · Population · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Global Health Care Issues · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |