Financial sustainability versus access and quality in a challenged health system: An examination of the capitation policy debate in Ghana

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1240-1249

  Atuoye, Kilian Nasung ^a   Vercillo, Siera ^a   Antabe, Roger ^a   Galaa, Sylvester Zackaria ^b   Luginaah, Isaac ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Capitation; Content analysis; Ghana; health; health insurance; Policy

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CONTENT ANALYSIS; GHANA; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; CAPITATION FEE; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CAPITATION FEE; DATA COLLECTION; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GHANA; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POLICY MAKING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 85014271878     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czw058     Document Type: Article

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