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Socio-economic differences and health seeking behaviour for the diagnosis and treatment of malaria: a case study of four local government areas operating the Bamako initiative programme in south-east Nigeria

BACKGROUND: Malaria is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in Nigeria. It is not known how user fees introduced under the Bamako Initiative (BI) system affect healthcare seeking among different socio-economic groups in Nigeria for diagnosis and treatment of malaria. Reliable informa...

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Autores principales:	Uzochukwu, Benjamin SC, Onwujekwe, Obinna E
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2004
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC544024/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15202941 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-9276-3-6

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