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Why are the poor less covered in Ghana’s national health insurance? A critical analysis of policy and practice

BACKGROUND: The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was introduced in Ghana to ensure equity in healthcare access. Presently, some low and middle income countries including Ghana are using social health insurance schemes to reduce inequity in access to healthcare. In Ghana, the NHIS was introduc...

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Autores principales: Kotoh, Agnes Millicent, Van der Geest, Sjaak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4766646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26911139
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-016-0320-1