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Households’ perceived benefits and willingness-to-accept linkage between informal provider and formal health systems in urban slums of southeast Nigeria

Informal healthcare providers (IHPs) like patent medicine vendors and traditional birth attendants are key healthcare providers in urban slums - densely populated areas with poor living conditions and limited access to basic services in Nigeria. While IHPs can improve access to health services, their lack of linkage to the formal health system can lead to inappropriate care. Hence, institutionalizing and strengthening linkages between IHPs and the formal health systems could lead to improved access to quality health services in urban slums. This study assesses the level of households’ willingn…

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Source	OpenAlex research
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	Discover Health Systems
Date	2026-04-07
Type	article
Details	openalex authorships.countries:NG,primary topic.subfield.id:3320\|3321\|3308\|1202\|3303\|3312\|2002\|2000\|2003 + local /\bnige
Found at	https://doi.org/10.1007/s44250-026-00374-3
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Households’ perceived benefits and willingness-to-accept linkage between informal provider and formal health systems in urban slums of southeast Nigeria. OpenAlex research, 2026. Vero Archive, record openalex:W7151380671.