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Distance to primary care facilities and healthcare utilization for preschool children in rural northwestern Burkina Faso: results from a surveillance cohort by Catherine E. Oldenburg; for the Étude CHAT Study Group; Ali Sié; Mamadou Ouattara; Mamadou Bountogo; Valentin Boudo; Idrissa Kouanda; Elodie Lebas; Jessica M. Brogdon; Ying Lin; Fanice Nyatigo; Benjamin F. Arnold; Thomas M. Lietman is a Health Professions article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract ## Background Delays in care-seeking for childhood illness may lead to more severe outcomes. We evaluated whether community distance from a primary healthcare facility was associated with decreased healthcare utilization in a rural district of northwestern Burkina Faso. ## Methods We conducted passive surveillance of all government-run primary healthcare facilities in Nouna District, Burkina Faso from March 1 through May 31, 2020. All healthcare visits for children under 5 years of age were recorded on a standardized form for sick children. We recorded the age, sex, and community of residence of the child as well as any diagnoses and treatments administered. We calculated healthcare utilization per 100 child-months by linking the aggregate number of visits at the community level to the community’s population of children under 5 months per a census that was conducted from August 2019 through February 2020. We calculated the distance between each community and its corresponding healthcare facility and assessed the relationship between distance and the rate of healthcare utilization. ## Results In 226 study communities, 12,676 primary healthcare visits were recorded over t
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- Author
- Catherine E. Oldenburg; for the Étude CHAT Study Group; Ali Sié; Mamadou Ouattara; Mamadou Bountogo; Valentin Boudo; Idrissa Kouanda; Elodie Lebas; Jessica M. Brogdon; Ying Lin; Fanice Nyatigo; Benjamin F. Arnold; Thomas M. Lietman
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Health Professions (Health Sciences)