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Is Ghana’s pro-poor health insurance scheme really for the poor? Evidence from Northern Ghana

BACKGROUND: Protecting the poor and vulnerable against the cost of unforeseen ill health has become a global concern culminating in the 2005 World Health Assembly resolution urging member states to ensure financial protection to all citizens, especially children and women of reproductive age. Ghana...

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Autores principales:	Akazili, James, Welaga, Paul, Bawah, Ayaga, Achana, Fabian S, Oduro, Abraham, Awoonor-Williams, John Koku, Williams, John E, Aikins, Moses, Phillips, James F
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2014
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4268792/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25494816 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-014-0637-7

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