Community-based health insurance schemes (Mutuelles) in Rwanda are one of the largest
experiments in community based risk-sharing mechanisms in Sub-Saharan Africa for health …

Community-based health insurance schemes (Mutuelles) in Rwanda are one of the largest
experiments in community based risk-sharing mechanisms in Sub-Saharan Africa for health …

Background Mutuelles is a community-based health insurance program, established since
1999 by the Government of Rwanda as a key component of the national health strategy on …

Achieving universal health coverage, including financial risk protection and access to quality
essential health-care services, is one of the main Sustainable Development Goals. In low …

Abstract In sub-Saharan African countries, out-of-pocket payments can be a major barrier to
accessing appropriate healthcare services. Community-based health insurance (CBHI) has …

Objectives To investigate the inequality in medical care utilization and household
catastrophic health spending (HCHS) between the poverty and non-poverty residents in …

Community-based health insurance schemes are becoming increasingly recognized as an
instrument to finance health care in developing countries. Taking the example of les …

The objectives of this study are two folds: firstly to explore the magnitude of catastrophic
expenditure, and secondly to determine its contributing factor, s including the protective …

Scarce economic resources, low or modest economic growth, constraints on the public
sector and low organisational capacity explain why the design of adequate health financing …

Access to public and private health insurance in rural areas of low income countries is
severely constrained by high unit cost of transaction per contract due to information …