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The operations of the free maternal care policy and out of pocket payments during childbirth in rural Northern Ghana

BACKGROUND: To promote skilled attendance at births and reduce maternal deaths, the government of Ghana introduced the free maternal care policy under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2008. The objective is to eliminate financial barriers associated with the use of services. But studie...

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Autores principales: Dalinjong, Philip Ayizem, Wang, Alex Y., Homer, Caroline S. E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5700011/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29168019
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13561-017-0180-4