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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"National Health Insurance Scheme"”.
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The role of the National Health insurance scheme in shaping equity of access to healthcare in Ghana
… light of recent emphasis on achieving Universal Health Coverage through social health insurance in low income countries, this thesis examined how the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana impacts on equity of access to healthcare in Tamale District of northern Ghana. Using mainly a …
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The impact of the National Health Insurance Scheme on the interactions between providers and clients in the Bolgatanga and Builsa districts of Ghana
Prepayments and risk pooling through social health insurance has been advocated by international development organizations. Social health insurance is seen as a mechanism that helps mobilize resources for health, pool risk, and provide more access to health care services for the poor. Hence Ghana …
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Assessment of service provider preparedness and concerns in the process of implementing the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana : a study of the Upper West Region
This study focuses on assessing health provider preparedness in the move towards the implementation of national health insurance with specific reference to the Upper West Region. The paper uses both quantitative and qualitative methods to review the level of knowledge of health staff on the concept …
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Universal financial protection through national health insurance : a stakeholder analysis of the proposed one-time premium payment (OTPP) policy in Ghana
… universal coverage through contributory health insurance schemes. Ghana introduced a mandatory National Health Insurance scheme in 2004 to provide financial protection for both the formal and informal sectors through a combination of taxes and annual premium payments. As part of its …
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Impact of National Health Insurance on health seeking behavior in the Kassena-Nankana district of Northern Ghana
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was introduced in Ghana in 2003 with the aim of mobilizing additional funds for health care, promoting equal access to reasonable health care, pool health risks, prevent impoverishment, and improve the efficiency and quality of health care. The success of …
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New possibilities for expanding Pan-African commerce
… income distribution, with examples from Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme. Ultimately, the study contributes to a nuanced understanding of Pan-African commerce and offers critical insights into the factors influencing Africa's economic development trajectory. By recognising the importance …
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Extending health services to rural residents in Jirapa District. Analyses of national health insurance enrolment and access to health care services
This thesis sheds light on differences in health insurance enrolment determinants and uptake barriers between urban and rural areas in the Jirapa district of Ghana. The National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana has made significant progress in terms of enrolment, which has had a commensurate …
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Finding sustainable means of financing health care in Ghana, are the people willing to pay?
This study seeks to improve the knowledge of health care financing issues in Ghana as the country seeks a sustainable means of financing health care. To this end an empirical study of Ghanaians' willingness to pay for health services and for health insurance is undertaken thereby applying the …
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Critical evaluation of the role of community based health insurance schemes in extending health care coverage to the informal sector in Ghana
One major challenge facing the international development community is how to finance and provide health care for the large informal sector in low and middle income countries. This is as a result of the inability of the traditional tax systems in most of these countries to generate the needed …
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Three empirical essays on micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises and entrepreneurship promotion in developing countries
… and the firm, and assess whether extending health insurance to previously uninsured households leads to increased investment in productive activities, by assessing the impact of a large national health insurance scheme, the Mexican Seguro Popular, on investment in productive agricultural and …
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Equity in Health Care Financing in Ghana
… protection against the cost of unforeseen ill health has become a global concern as expressed in the 2005 World Health Assembly resolution (WHA58.33), which urges its member states to "plan the transition to universal coverage of their citizens". The study (the first of kind in Ghana) measured …
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Health sector reforms : a study of mutual health organisations in Ghana
<p>This thesis examines the problems of health financing and the emergence of Mutual Health Organisations under the health sector reforms in Ghana. Governments of sub-Saharan Africa region have embraced the Community-based health insurance schemes concept under the health sector reforms, with …
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Geospatial patterns and determinants of choice of secondary healthcare facilities among National Health Insurance enrolees in Ibadan, Nigeria
Introduction Choice and access to health care are important determinants of health outcomes. Various issues influence choice and determine the degree of, and differences in access to health care. Choice of health care facilities by individuals is often determined by the interplay between patient …
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Enabling Universal Health Coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications and Learnings from Uganda
Introduction <br>Universal health coverage (UHC), defined by the World Health Organization as all individuals having access to health services they need, of sufficient quality, without suffering financial hardship is important to improve population health, particularly for vulnerable populations. …
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Three Essays on the Economics of Health in Developing Countries
… consists of three chapters that address health issues in developing countries. The first two chapters study Ghana's social health insurance program, the National Health Insurance Scheme. Many developing countries have recently instituted social health insurance schemes (SHIs) to ease …