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Health-seeking behaviour, referral patterns and associated factors among patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases in Ghana: A cross-sectional mixed method study

BACKGROUND: Challenges exist in the diagnosis and management of autoimmune rheumatic diseases in low and middle income countries due to factors, such as poverty and under-resourced healthcare infrastructure. Furthermore, other contributory factors such as societal, cultural and religious practices i...

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Autores principales:	Amissah-Arthur, Maame-Boatemaa, Gyaban-Mensah, Anna, Boima, Vincent, Yorke, Ernest, Dey, Dzifa, Ganu, Vincent, Mate-Kole, Charles
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2022
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9467363/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36094929 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271892

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