Background Community-based health insurance (CBHI) has evolved as an alternative
health financing mechanism to out of pocket payments in low-and middle-income countries …

Summary Although many sub‐Saharan African countries have made efforts to provide
universal health coverage (UHC) for their citizens, several of these initiatives have achieved …

In many sub-Saharan African countries, evidence shows that the poor bear the highest
burden of diseases and experience high levels of catastrophic health expenditures. 1 Social …

This study's objective is to provide an alternative explanation for the low enrolment in health
insurance in Ghana by analysing differences in perceptions between the insured and …

Within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals, it is important to critically review
research on healthcare financing in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) from the perspective of the …

Abstract Background In 2004, Ghana started experimenting a National Health Insurance
Scheme (NHIS) to reduce out-of-pocket payment for healthcare. Like many other social …

Background: Community-based health insurance is recognized as a promising tool for
health system improvement for low-income people that improves the health status of …

Objective To identify factors for healthcare utilization and to describe effect of Mutual Health
Insurance on health service utilization in rural community in South Achefer, North West …

We aimed to estimate the impact of a Community-Based Health Insurance (CBHI) scheme
on utilization of healthcare from medically trained providers (MTP) by informal workers. A …

Introduction: Out-of-pocket fees to pay for health care prevent poor people from accessing
health care and drives millions into poverty every year. This obstructs progress toward the …