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Modern or traditional health care? Understanding the role of insurance in health-seeking behaviours among older Ghanaians

AIM: This paper examined the association between wealth and health insurance status and the use of traditional medicine (TM) among older persons in Ghana. BACKGROUND: There have been considerable efforts by sub-Saharan African countries to improve access to primary health care services, partly throu...

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Autores principales:	Amegbor, Prince M., Kuuire, Vincent Z., Bisung, Elijah, Braimah, Joseph A.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Cambridge University Press 2019
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8060835/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31397258 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1463423619000197

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