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Patterns and predictors of private and public health care utilization among residents of an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Knowledge of health care utilization is important in low-and middle-income countries where inequalities in the burden of diseases and access to primary health care exist. Limited evidence exists on health seeking and utilization in the informal settlements in Kenya. This study assessed t...

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Autores principales:	Wambiya, Elvis O. A., Otieno, Peter O., Mutua, Martin Kavao, Donfouet, Hermann Pythagore Pierre, Mohamed, Shukri F.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2021
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8091493/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33941131 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10836-3

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