Health facility characteristics and the decision to seek care
结合菲律宾人口健康调查与机构调查数据，发现附近卫生机构的医护人员配置水平显著影响家长带患病儿童就医的概率，为理解发展中国家低就医率提供了新视角。
Utilisation of healthcare facilities is low in many developing areas. One possible explanation is that treatment costs, in time or money, are high. Another is that parents perceive treatment benefits to be low. We combine Philippines DHS data with a subsequent facilities survey in order to examine these issues with respect to treatment for respiratory infections and diarrhoea in young children. Controlling statistically for the selectivity of the initiating illness, we find that the staffing level of nearby health facilities is a determinant of the probability that parents take their ill children for curative care.