The impacts of quantity and quality of health clinics on health behaviors and outcomes in Nigeria: analysis of health clinic census data

Table 3 Distribution of Health Clinics

	# health clinics in 5 km	# “good” health clinics in 5 km	Proportion of good quality within 5 km ((2/1))
	(1)	(2)	(3)
(Control: Own Clinic Quality = Low)
Own Clinic Quality = High	5.029*** (0.499)	3.508*** (0.384)	0.110*** (0.007)
Own Clinic Quality = High-mid	1.362*** (0.221)	0.953*** (0.157)	0.046*** (0.005)
Own Clinic Quality = Low-mid	0.149 (0.177)	0.138 (0.122)	0.019*** (0.004)
Number of health clinics within 5 km			0.004*** (0.001)
constant	13.207*** (0.153)	7.227*** (0.113)	0.164*** (0.008)
N	25,378	25,378	25,378
r2	0.016	0.015	0.086
LGA FE	X	X	X

Notes: The quality of health facility is determined by the following elements; If the clinic has 1) improved water supply, 2) improved sanitation, 3) electricity, 4) refrigerator/freezer for vaccines, 5) antenatal care service, 6) family planning service, 7) malaria treatment service, 8) emergency transport service, 9) child delivery service, 10) skilled birth attendant, 11) caesarian-section service, 12) measles vaccination service. We divide the health facilities into 3 categories – low, middle, and high quality. If the total number of services available out of 11 service is 4 or less, the clinic has low quality. If it is more than 4 but less than 8, then the clinic has middle quality. If it is more than 8, then the clinic has high quality. * significant at 10%; ** significant at 5%; *** significant at 1%

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