Most low and low‐middle income countries adopting National Health Insurance (NHI) programs to achieve Universal Health Coverage are struggling to implement the program due to underlying problems at implementation. However, there is a lack of research that focuses on these problems. The Nepal NHI ...
Nepal has formulated acts, rules, regulations, and policies to implement NHIP. Under this program, the Health Insurance Board (HIB) is the purchaser of health services, and health facilities under the Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) are the providers. The NHIP has been rolled out ...
The Health Insurance Program (HIP) in Nepal is experiencing low enrolment and high dropout rates, but the causes of these issues have remained unknown. This study aimed to explore the causes of dropouts of the HIP implemented by the Health Insurance Board, Nepal. We employed an exploratory qual...
Health insurance coverage could surge significantly in Nepal if a proposed health insurance law is endorsed by the Parliament. This is because the Bill provides for mandatory insurance coverage for immediate family members of those employed in formal sector, civil servants and migrant workers. If the...
User satisfaction with the National Health Insurance Program: A community-based survey from the Ilam district of Nepal Background: The Government of Nepal initiated a family-based National Health Insurance Program (NHIP) in April 2016, aiming to ensure universal health cove... R Shrestha,A Shakya...
micro health insurancecommunity-based health insuranceThis report is based on information collected in two districts of Nepal (Banke and Dhading) in early 2009 and concerns the launch of community-based micro health insurance units for members of Nirdhan and DEPROSC, two grassroots microfinance NGO...
The proportions of households with older people 60 years and above, children under 6 years old or all members having health insurance in non-slum areas were significantly higher than those in slum areas. Table 1 Socioeconomic characteristics of households Full size table Out-of-pocket payments ...
As part of Indonesia's strategy to achieve the goal of UHC, large investments have been made to increase health access for the poor, resulting in the implementation of various health insurance schemes targeted towards the poor and near-poor, including the Jamkesmas program. In the backdrop of...
Medical care in Nepal is largely financed by the individual, and although insurance programs and subsidies exist, they are limited in coverage, amount of assistance provided, and level of enrollment. Medical needs that extend beyond basic health services, specifically following acute injury can lead ...
In the early years of program initiation, FCHVs were assigned to promote and di... KR Bahadur,MS Raj,K Vishnu - 《Frontiers in Public Health》 被引量: 2发表: 2017年 Comparative Study of Community Based Health Insurance By Cooperative Groups and Public Health Centers in Nepal Cooperative ...