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GHANABackground: In 2005, the South African government introduced a voluntary, subsidised health insurance scheme for civil servants. In light of the global emphasis on universal coverage, empirical evidence is needed to understand the relationship between new health financing strategies and health care...
Protecting the poor and vulnerable against the cost of unforeseen ill health has become a global concern culminating in the 2005 World Health Assembly resolution urging member states to ensure financial protection to all citizens, especially children and women of reproductive age. Ghana provides financia...
Presently, the health insurance is based on a single fund, similar to that of Tanzania, and has concluded its first phase of implementation, including only federal civil servants. The scheme has already shifted to the second phase of implementation, extending to include states’ civil servants ...
A Review of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana: What Are the Sustainability Threats and Prospects? The introduction of the national health insurance scheme (NHIS) in Ghana in 2003 significantly contributed to improved health services utilization and health outcomes. However, stagnating active...
Though user fees for clients had existed earlier, the amounts paid were minimal and more of a token. The objective of recovering at least 15 per- cent of recurrent costs was vigorously pursued and met by Ghana [13]. However, access and utilization studies showed a significant reduction in ...
Protecting the poor and vulnerable against the cost of unforeseen ill health has become a global concern culminating in the 2005 World Health Assembly resolution urging member states to ensure financial protection to all citizens, especially children and women of reproductive age. Ghana provides financia...
The crux of the matter is that Ghana needs a health policy that will adequately address the gap between the rich and the poor in terms of access to healthcare services at health facilities across Ghana. For this reason, this study examines the efforts made so far by the NHIS towards achie...
For traditional fuel vehicles, the carbon emissions of the life cycle mainly come from the use stage, of which the carbon emissions account for about 80% of the life cycle [34], while the carbon emissions of BEVs mainly come from the production stage. According to relevant data, it is ...
In multivariate analysis, the odds of an outpatient visit and hospital admission for the uninsured was 0.3 fold that of the insured. Cross-subsidisation within the scheme has provided lower-paid civil servants with improved access to outpatient care at private facilities and chronic medication, ...