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Viewing health expenditures, payment and coping mechanisms with an equity lens in Nigeria

BACKGROUND: This paper examines socio-economic and geographic differences in payment and payment coping mechanisms for health services in southeast Nigeria. It shows the extent to which the poor and rural dwellers disproportionally bear the burden of health care costs and offers policy recommendatio...

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Autores principales:	Ewelukwa, Oforbuike, Onoka, Chima, Onwujekwe, Obinna
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2013
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3599369/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23497246 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-87

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