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Transaction costs of access to health care: Implications of the care-seeking pathways of tuberculosis patients for health system governance in Nigeria

Seye AbimbolaSchool of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia;National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Abuja, Nigeria;The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Kingsley N. UkwajaDepartment of Medicine, Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, NigeriaView further author information
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Cajetan C. OnyedumCollege of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus, Nsukka, NigeriaView further author information
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Joel NeginSchool of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaView further author information
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Stephen JanSchool of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia;The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaView further author information
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Alexandra L.C. MartiniukSchool of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia;The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, NSW, Australia;Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, CanadaView further author information
Pages 1060-1077 | Received 31 May 2014, Accepted 17 Oct 2014, Published online: 05 Feb 2015

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