Costs, equity, efficiency and feasibility of identifying the poor in Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme: Empirical analysis of various strategies

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-51

  Aryeetey, Genevieve Cecilia ^a,b   Jehu Appiah, Caroline ^a,c   Spaan, Ernst ^a   Agyepong, Irene ^d   Baltussen, Rob ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c Ministry of Lands Forestry and Mines Ghana   (Ghana)

^d GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Costs; Efficiency; Equity; Feasibility; Ghana; Health insurance

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EQUITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; LOW INCOME HOUSING; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

ARTICLE; COST; EMPIRICISM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GHANA; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EFFICIENCY; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; GHANA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL INDIGENCY; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

GHANA;

EID: 84155171169     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02886.x     Document Type: Article

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