Impact of implementation of free high-quality health care on health facility attendance by sick children in rural western Kenya.

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Published in Trop Med Int Health on March 29, 2011

Authors

Clara R Burgert1, Godfrey Bigogo, Kubaje Adazu, Frank Odhiambo, James Buehler, Robert F Breiman, Kayla Laserson, Mary J Hamel, Daniel R Feikin

Author Affiliations

1: Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.

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