Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme: A national level investigation of members' perceptions of service provision

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Dixon, Jenna ^a   Tenkorang, Eric Y ^b   Luginaah, Isaac ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ghana; Health care; Health insurance; National health insurance scheme; Perceptions; Service

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PERCEPTION; POLICY; SOCIOECONOMICS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MANPOWER; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POVERTY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882465888     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-13-35     Document Type: Article

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