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 Poverty, Old-Age and Social Pensions in Kenya
private dispensaries. For those under 60, the m ost frequent action when sick is also to visit a pharm acy (74 percent), followed by consulting a dispensary (12.4 percent). Attending a health centre or hospital is m ore com m on for the non-elderly group com pared...
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private dispensaries. For those under 60, the m ost frequent action when sick is also to visit a pharm acy (74 percent), followed by consulting a dispensary (12.4 percent). Attending a health centre or hospital is m ore com m on for the non-elderly group com pared to the elderly one. The 1994 W M S show s that nationally, 10.16 percent of the elderly over 60 w ho are sick do not receive treatment. The corresponding figure increased to 19.10 percent in 1997. For the w hole population, the figures for not
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http://www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCWorkingPaper24.pdf#page=24
www.undp-povertycentre.org/pub/IPCWorkingPaper24.pdf#page=24
private dispensaries. <span class="highlight">For</span> those under 60, <span class="highlight">the</span> m ost frequent action when sick is also to visit a pharm acy (74 percent), followed by consulting a dispensary (12.4 percent). Attending a health centre or hospital is m ore com m on <span class="highlight">for</span> <span class="highlight">the</span> non-<span class="highlight">elderly</span> group com pared to <span class="highlight">the</span> <span class="highlight">elderly</span> one. <span class="highlight">The</span> 1994 W M S show s that nationally, 10.16 percent of <span class="highlight">the</span> <span class="highlight">elderly</span> over 60 w ho are sick do not receive treatment. <span class="highlight">The</span> corresponding figure increased to 19.10 percent <span class="highlight">in</span> 1997. <span class="highlight">For</span> <span class="highlight">the</span> w hole population, <span class="highlight">the</span> figures <span class="highlight">for</span> not
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