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Impact of socioeconomic status and medical conditions on health and healthcare utilization among aging Ghanaians

BACKGROUND: This study attempts to examine the impact of socioeconomic and medical conditions in health and healthcare utilization among older adults in Ghana. Five separate models with varying input variables were estimated for each response variable. METHODS: Data (Wave 1 data) were drawn from the...

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Autores principales:	Saeed, Bashiru II, Xicang, Zhao, Yawson, Alfred Edwin, Nguah, Samuel Blay, Nsowah-Nuamah, Nicholas NN
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2015
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4393880/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25884931 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1603-y

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