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Effect of Removing Direct Payment for Health Care on Utilisation and Health Outcomes in Ghanaian Children: A Randomised Controlled Trial

BACKGROUND: Delays in accessing care for malaria and other diseases can lead to disease progression, and user fees are a known barrier to accessing health care. Governments are introducing free health care to improve health outcomes. Free health care affects treatment seeking, and it is therefore as...

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Autores principales:	Ansah, Evelyn Korkor, Narh-Bana, Solomon, Asiamah, Sabina, Dzordzordzi, Vivian, Biantey, Kingsley, Dickson, Kakra, Gyapong, John Owusu, Koram, Kwadwo Ansah, Greenwood, Brian M, Mills, Anne, Whitty, Christopher J. M
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2009
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2613422/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19127975 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000007

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