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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获得卫生设施对孕产妇护理使用、旅行模式和健康状况的影响：来自乌干达纵向数据的证据

本文调查了新的卫生设施是否会影响孕产妇保健使用、母婴健康以及前往设施的出行模式。社区和母亲级别的固定效应模型应用于乌干达长达十年的面板数据。结果表明，大型设施的开业增加了正规设施的分娩，而新诊所增加了定期产前保健的使用。每种类型的第一个设施推动了这些结果，而大型设施的影响仅在最初有诊所的地区被发现。这些结果意味着诊所将母亲与国家卫生系统联系起来，并强调了使卫生设施可及的重要性。