Assessing the impoverishment effects of out-of-pocket healthcare payments prior to the uptake of the national health insurance scheme in Ghana

Assessing the impoverishment effects of out-of-pocket healthcare payments prior to the uptake of the national health insurance scheme in Ghana

Abstract Background There is a global concern regarding how households could be protected from relatively large healthcare payments which are a major limitation to accessing healthcare. Such payments also endanger the welfare of households with the potential of moving households into extreme impover...

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Main Authors: James Akazili, John Ele-Ojo Ataguba, Edmund Wedam Kanmiki, John Gyapong, Osman Sankoh, Abraham Oduro, Di McIntyre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-05-01
Series:BMC International Health and Human Rights
Subjects:
Financial risk protection
Impoverishment
Out-of-pocket healthcare payments
Health insurance
Ghana
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12914-017-0121-7

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