Can health insurance protect against out-of-pocket and catastrophic expenditures and also support poverty reduction? Evidence from Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme

BACKGROUND: Ghana since 2004, begun implementation of a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to minimize financial barriers to health care at point of use of service. Usually health insurance is expected to offer financial protection to households. This study aims to analyze the effect health ins...

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Autores principales: Aryeetey, Genevieve Cecilia, Westeneng, Judith, Spaan, Ernst, Jehu-Appiah, Caroline, Agyepong, Irene Akua, Baltussen, Rob
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4957846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27449349
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-016-0401-1

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