Distance to primary care facilities and healthcare utilization for preschool children in rural northwestern Burkina Faso: results from a surveillance cohort.
Catherine E OldenburgAli SiéMamadou OuattaraMamadou BountogoValentin BoudoIdrissa KouandaElodie LebasJessica M BrogdonYing LinFanice NyatigoBenjamin F ArnoldThomas M Lietmannull nullPublished in: BMC health services research (2021)
We documented a distance decay effect between community distance from a primary healthcare facility and the rate of healthcare visits for children under 5. Decreasing distance-related barriers, for example by increasing the number of facilities or targeting outreach to more distant communities, may improve healthcare utilization for young children in similar settings.