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The association between health insurance status and utilization of health services in rural Northern Ghana: evidence from the introduction of the National Health Insurance Scheme
BACKGROUND: Many households in low- and middle-income countries face financial hardships due to payments for health care, while others are pushed into poverty. Risk pooling and prepayment mechanisms help to lessen the impact of the costs of care as well as assisting to achieve universal health cover...
Autores principales: | Dalinjong, Philip Ayizem, Welaga, Paul, Akazili, James, Kwarteng, Anthony, Bangha, Martin, Oduro, Abraham, Sankoh, Osman, Goudge, Jane |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5728048/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29237493 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41043-017-0128-7 |
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