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Health-seeking behaviour and cost of fever treatment to households in a malaria-endemic setting of northern Ghana: a cross-sectional study

OBJECTIVES: To examine the health-seeking behaviour and cost of fever treatment to households in Ghana. DESIGN: Cross-sectional household survey conducted between July and September 2015. SETTING: Kassena-Nankana East and West districts in Upper East region of Ghana. PARTICIPANTS: Individuals with a...

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Autores principales:	Dalaba, Maxwell Ayindenaba, Welaga, Paul, Dalinjong, Philip Ayizem, Chatio, Samuel, Immurana, Mustapha, Alhassan, Robert Kaba, Klu, Desmond, Manyeh, Alfred Kwesi, Agorinya, Isaiah, Oduro, Abraham, Adongo, Philip Baba, Akweongo, Patricia
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BMJ Publishing Group 2021
Materias:	Health Economics
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8438825/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34518274 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052224

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