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The Effects of Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme on Maternal and Infant Health Care Utilization

Increasing equitable access to health care is a main challenge African policy makers are facing. The Ghanaian government implemented the National Health Insurance Scheme in 2004 and the aim of this study is to evaluate its early effects on maternal and infant healthcare use. We exploit data on birth...

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Autores principales:	Bonfrer, Igna, Breebaart, Lyn, Van de Poel, Ellen
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2016
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5106190/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27835639 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0165623

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