The Politico-Economic Challenges of Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme Implementation
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the politico-economic challenges of ghana’s national health insurance scheme implementation
background national/social health insurance schemes have increasingly been seen in many low- and middle-income countries (lmics) as a vehicle to universal health coverage (uhc) and a viable alternative funding mechanism for the health sector. several countries, including ghana, have thus introduced and implemented mandatory national health insurance schemes (nhis) as part of reform efforts towa...
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BACKGROUND National/social health insurance schemes have increasingly been seen in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) as a vehicle to universal health coverage (UHC) and a viable alternative funding mechanism for the health sector. Several countries, including Ghana, have thus introduced and implemented mandatory national health insurance schemes (NHIS) as part of reform efforts towa...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Health Policy and Management
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2322-5939
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2016.47