Public healthHealth care management National health insurance in Ghana| Politicsadverse selectionand the use of child health services THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY Kevin Frick RajkotiaYogeshIn August 2003, the Ghanaian Government made history by implementing the first National Health Insurance System (NHIS...
Ghana is attracting global attention for efforts to provide health insurance to all citizens through the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). With the program’s strong emphasis on maternal and child health, an expectation of the program is that memb
In 2003 the Government of Ghana established a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to improve health care access for Ghanaians and eventually replace the cash-and-carry system. This study evaluates the NHIS to determine whether it is fulfilling its purpose in the context of the Millennium De...
The Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine, the Ghana Psychic and Traditional Healers Association and various categories of indigenous healers. We describe our strategies to coordinate the program with Ministry of Health Units and different categories of indigenous healers (mainly TBAs, ...
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Ghana has three key stakeholders: National Health Insurance Authority, preferred primary providers (PPP) and subscribers. Since the introduction of the capitation payment method (CPM), research has focused on the NHIS and care providers with little ...
The national health insurance scheme in Ghana: Implementation challenges and proposed solutions.Gajate-Garrido G, Owusua R. The National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana: Implementation Chal- lenges and Proposed Solutions [Internet]. International Food Policy Research Institute; 2013 Dec. Report No.:...
Administrative Efficiency and Policy Failure: The National Health Insurance Scheme of Ghana in PerspectiveAdministrative Efficiency and Policy Failure: The National Health Insurance Scheme of Ghana in PerspectiveEfficiency – efficacy; Quality of care – Service quality or quality of service; Welfare The ...
Manifestations of tuberculosis stigma within the healthcare system: the case of Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan district in Ghana. To explore the manifestations of tuberculosis (TB) stigma within the healthcare system. Twenty-one individual interviews (16 females and 5 males) and six f... EA Dodor...
27 (Xinhua) -- The Ghanaian government has started to implement a comprehensive national identification project in fulfillment of a campaign pledge to build a database of Ghanaians and other nationals resident in Ghana, the presidency said in a release late Thursday. At a broad consultative ...
Approximately 150 million people suffer from financial catastrophe annually because of out-of-pocket expenditures (OOPEs) on health. Although the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) of Ghana was designed to promote universal health coverage, OOPEs as a proportion of total health expenditures remai...