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Does the National Health Insurance Scheme provide financial protection to households in Ghana?

BACKGROUND: Excessive healthcare payments can impede access to health services and also disrupt the welfare of households with no financial protection. Health insurance is expected to offer financial protection against health shocks. Ghana began the implementation of its National Health Insurance Sc...

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Autores principales:	Kusi, Anthony, Hansen, Kristian Schultz, Asante, Felix A, Enemark, Ulrika
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2015
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4537562/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26275412 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-0996-8

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