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Utilization of health services in a resource-limited rural area in Kenya: Prevalence and associated household-level factors

BACKGROUND AND METHODS: Knowledge of utilization of health services and associated factors is important in planning and delivery of interventions to improve health services coverage. We determined the prevalence and factors associated with health services utilization in a rural area of Kenya. Our fi...

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Autores principales:	Ngugi, Anthony K., Agoi, Felix, Mahoney, Megan R., Lakhani, Amyn, Mang’ong’o, David, Nderitu, Esther, Armstrong, Robert, Macfarlane, Sarah
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5328402/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28241032 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172728

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