Health insurance in Ghana: Evaluation of policy holders' perceptions and factors influencing policy renewal in the Volta region

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Boateng, Daniel ^a   Awunyor Vitor, Dadson ^a  

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

Author keywords

Ghana; Health insurance; Policy renewal; Volta region

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH INSURANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; SOFTWARE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRISTIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GHANA; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARRIED PERSON; MONEY; MOSLEM; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RELIGION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

GHANA; VOLTA;

EID: 84879807578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-12-50     Document Type: Article

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