Equity of the premium of the Ghanaian national health insurance scheme and the implications for achieving universal coverage

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Amporfu, Eugenia ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; EQUITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

ARTICLE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

GHANA; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

GHANA;

EID: 84871876500     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-12-4     Document Type: Article

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