Can social capital help explain enrolment (or lack thereof) in community-based health insurance? Results of an exploratory mixed methods study from Senegal

P Mladovsky, W Soors, P Ndiaye, A Ndiaye… - Social science & …, 2014 - Elsevier
CBHI has achieved low population coverage in West Africa and elsewhere. Studies which
seek to explain this point to inequitable enrolment, adverse selection, lack of trust in scheme …

Who benefits from government healthcare subsidies? An assessment of the equity of healthcare benefits distribution in China

M Chen, G Fang, L Wang, Z Wang, Y Zhao, L Si - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Improving the equitable distribution of government healthcare subsidies (GHS),
particularly among low-income citizens, is a major goal of China's healthcare sector reform …

Does equity in healthcare spending exist among Indian states? Explaining regional variations from national sample survey data

R Dwivedi, J Pradhan - International journal for equity in health, 2017 - Springer
Background Equity and justice in healthcare payment form an integral part of health policy
and planning. In the majority of low and middle-income countries (LMICs), healthcare …

Factors influencing the choice of private and public hospitals: empirical evidence from Ghana

BA Bamfo, CSK Dogbe - International Journal of Pharmaceutical and …, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose The study aims to examine the factors influencing the choice of private and public
hospitals in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach Purposive and convenient sampling …

Effects of spatial location and household wealth on health insurance subscription among women in Ghana

A Kumi-Kyereme, J Amo-Adjei - BMC health services research, 2013 - Springer
Background This study compares ownership of health insurance among Ghanaian women
with respect to wealth status and spatial location. We explore the overarching research …

[PDF][PDF] Adopting localised health financing models for universal health coverage in Low and middle-income countries: lessons from the National Health lnsurance …

MK Domapielle - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Abstract The health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Coronavirus
Pandemic (COVID-19) have recently increased awareness of the need for countries to …

[HTML][HTML] A systematic review of equity in healthcare financing in low-and middle-income countries

M Rostampour, S Nosratnejad - Value in health regional issues, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives The present systematic review aimed to assess the healthcare financing system
by studying the relevant indicators in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). The focus of …

[PDF][PDF] Ethiopia's Progress in health financing and the contribution of the 1998 health care and financing strategy in Ethiopia

A Alebachew, Y Yusuf, C Mann… - MA, Addis Ababa …, 2015 - dataverse.nipn.ephi.gov.et
Executive Summary In 1998, the Council of Ministers of the Government of Ethiopia (GoE)
endorsed the Health Care and Financing Strategy for the country. The fourteen years since …

Two decades of maternity care fee exemption policies in Ghana: have they benefited the poor?

FA Johnson, F Frempong-Ainguah… - Health policy and …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Objective: To investigate, the impact of maternity-related fee payment policies on the uptake
of skilled birth care amongst the poor in Ghana. Methods: Population data representing 12 …

The National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana's Upper West Region: a gendered perspective of insurance acquisition in a resource-poor setting

J Dixon, I Luginaah, P Mkandawire - Social Science & Medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was designed as a pro-poor
strategy to create wider access to health care. While recent studies have shown that wealth …