Determinants and the impact of the National Health Insurance on neonatal mortality in Ghana

Health Economics Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Lambon Quayefio, Monica ^a   Owoo, Nkechi S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ghana; Health care access; Health insurance; Neonatal deaths

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL CARE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 85030160179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21911991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13561-017-0169-z     Document Type: Article

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