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Impact of Free Delivery Care on Health Facility Delivery and Insurance Coverage in Ghana’s Brong Ahafo Region

BACKGROUND: Many sub-Saharan countries, including Ghana, have introduced policies to provide free medical care to pregnant women. The impact of these policies, particularly on access to health services among the poor, has not been evaluated using rigorous methods, and so the empirical basis for defe...

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Autores principales:	Dzakpasu, Susie, Soremekun, Seyi, Manu, Alexander, ten Asbroek, Guus, Tawiah, Charlotte, Hurt, Lisa, Fenty, Justin, Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Hill, Zelee, Campbell, Oona M. R., Kirkwood, Betty R.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2012
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3500286/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23173061 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049430

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