Gendered inequalities within Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme: Are poor women being penalized with a late renewal policy?

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1005-1020

  Dixon, Jenna ^a   Luginaah, Isaac N ^b   Mkandawire, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender; Ghana; Health care policy; Health insurance; Inequality; Intra household bargaining; Upper West Region; Women

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT DROPOUT; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE;

FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PATIENT DROPOUTS; POVERTY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84906050757     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2014.0122     Document Type: Article

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