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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Publicado en:Int J Equity Health
Autores principales: Aryeetey, Genevieve Cecilia, Westeneng, Judith, Spaan, Ernst, Jehu-Appiah, Caroline, Agyepong, Irene Akua, Baltussen, Rob
Formato: Artigo
Lenguaje:Inglês
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4957846/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27449349
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-016-0401-1
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