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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

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  • Fredrick Manang
  • Chikako Yamauchi

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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.

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  • Fredrick Manang & Chikako Yamauchi, 2020. "The Impact of Access to Health Facilities on Maternal Care Use, Travel Patterns, and Health Status: Evidence from Longitudinal Data from Uganda," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 69(1), pages 405-451.
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    DOI: 10.1086/702794
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    1. Tushar Bharati & Adnan M. S. Fakir, 2022. "Health Costs of a “Healthy Democracy”: The Impact of Peaceful Political Protests on Healthcare Utilization," Economics Discussion / Working Papers 22-15, The University of Western Australia, Department of Economics.
    2. Finn McGuire & Noemi Kreif & Peter C. Smith, 2021. "The effect of distance on maternal institutional delivery choice: Evidence from Malawi," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(9), pages 2144-2167, September.

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