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Health insurance coverage, type of payment for health insurance, and reasons for not being insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme has improved access to care, although equity and sustainability issues remain. This study examined …
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Technical efficiency of neonatal health services in primary health care facilities of Southwest Ethiopia: a two-stage data envelopment analysis
BACKGROUND: Disparity in resource allocation is an issue among various health delivery units in Ethiopia. To sufficiently address this problem …
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Sociodemographic determinants of health insurance enrolment and dropout in urban district of Ghana: a cross-sectional study
BACKGROUND: Earlier studies have found significant associations between sociodemographic factors and enrolment in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in …
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Aligning public financial management system and free healthcare policies: lessons from a free maternal and child healthcare programme in Nigeria
BACKGROUND: Relatively little is known about how public financial management (PFM) systems and health financing policies align in low- and …
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Diabetic and cardiovascular patients’ willingness to pay for upcoming national health insurance scheme in Côte d’Ivoire
BACKGROUND: Côte d'Ivoire's current health care financing system results from successive reforms undertaken with government funding and international support. The …
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Out-of-pocket payments in the context of a free maternal health care policy in Burkina Faso: a national cross-sectional survey
BACKGROUND: In April 2016, Burkina Faso introduced a free health care policy for women. Instead of reimbursing health facilities, as …
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Health shocks in Sub-Saharan Africa: are the poor and uninsured households more vulnerable?
BACKGROUND: In developing countries, health shock is one of the most common idiosyncratic income shock and the main reason why …
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Association of Child Maltreatment with South African Adults’ Wages: Evidence from the Cape Area Panel Study
Child maltreatment is a prevalent public health problem in both developed and developing countries. While many studies have investigated the …
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Extension of mandatory health insurance to informal sector workers in Togo
BACKGROUND: About 90.4% of Togolese workers operate in the informal sector and account for between 20 and 30% of Togo's …
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Effects of capitation payment on utilization and claims expenditure under National Health Insurance Scheme: a cross-sectional study of three regions in Ghana
INTRODUCTION: Ghana introduced capitation payment under National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), beginning with pilot in the Ashanti region, in 2012 …
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Factors for healthcare utilization and effect of mutual health insurance on healthcare utilization in rural communities of South Achefer Woreda, North West, Ethiopia
OBJECTIVE: To identify factors for healthcare utilization and to describe effect of Mutual Health Insurance on health service utilization in …
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Analysis of multi drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) financial protection policy: MDR-TB health insurance schemes, in Chhattisgarh state, India
INTRODUCTION: There are significant financial barriers to access treatment for multi drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in India. To address these …
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Economic evaluation of 2014 cholera outbreak in Ghana: a household cost analysis
INTRODUCTION: Ghana experienced its worst cholera outbreak in three decades in 2014. Evidence of cholera economic costs on affected households …
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Willingness to accept capitation payment system under the Ghana National Health Insurance Policy: do income levels matter?
This research was set to examine the factors influencing the willingness and the likelihood of Ghanaians to accept the capitation …
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Determinants and the impact of the National Health Insurance on neonatal mortality in Ghana
The national health insurance was established to increase access to health care services and the maternal component was later introduced …
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Technical efficiency of selected hospitals in Eastern Ethiopia
This study examines the relative technical efficiency of 12 hospitals in Eastern Ethiopia. Using six-year-round panel data for the period …
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Health expenditure and economic growth - a review of the literature and an analysis between the economic community for central African states (CEMAC) and selected African countries
African leaders accepted in the year 2001 through the Abuja Declaration to allocate 15% of their government expenditure on health …
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National health insurance subscription and maternal healthcare utilisation across mothers’ wealth status in Ghana
INTRODUCTION: This study is against the backdrop that despite the forty-nine percent decline in Maternal Mortality Rate in Ghana, the …