Trends and characteristics of enrolment in the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana: a quantitative analysis of longitudinal data

Abstract Background In 2004, Ghana started experimenting a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to reduce  out-of-pocket payment for healthcare. Like many other social health insurance schemes in Africa, the NHIS is striving for universal health coverage (UHC). This paper examines trends and char...

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Main Authors: Eric Nsiah-Boateng, Moses Aikins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:Global Health Research and Policy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41256-018-0087-6