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The Profile, Health Seeking Behavior, Referral Patterns, and Outcome of Outborn Neonates Admitted to a District and Regional Hospital in the Upper West Region of Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study

Neonatal mortality is the major contributor to under-five mortality rates in many low and middle income countries. We examined the health practices, care-seeking behavior, and referral of sick outborn neonates to a district and regional hospital in the Upper West Region of Ghana. The study was a cro...

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Autores principales:	Tette, Edem M. A., Nuertey, Benjamin Demah, Azusong, Emmanuel A., Gandau, Naa Barnabas
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	MDPI 2020
Materias:	Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7072572/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32085390 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children7020015

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