We studied the potential of community‐based health insurance (CHI) to contribute to the
performance of health financing systems. The international empirical evidence is analysed …

How to finance and provide health care for the more than 1.3 billion rural poor and informal
sector workers in low-and middle-income countries is one of the greatest challenges facing …

Objective This paper identifies, ranks and compares perceptions of insured and uninsured
households in Ghana on health care providers (quality of care, service delivery adequacy …

Mutual health organizations (MHOs) are voluntary membership organizations providing
health insurance services to their members. MHOs aim to increase access to health care by …

Most community finance schemes have evolved in the context of severe economic
constraints, political instability, and lack of good governance. Usually government taxation …

This article assesses insurance uptake in three community-based health insurance (CBHI)
schemes located in rural parts of two of India's poorest states and offered through women's …

Abstract Background The Government of Lao Peoples' Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) has
embarked on a path to achieve universal health coverage (UHC) through implementation of …

En Afrique subsaharienne, les taux d'adhésion aux mutuelles de santé restent
généralement à des niveaux très faibles. Cet article vise à synthétiser les résultats des …

Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) through the National Health Insurance Scheme
(NHIS) has been a priority for Ghanaian governments. Despite the plethora of studies …

Background. Health care costs are often a hindrance to seeking health care. Community-
based health care insurance schemes (CBHIS) is a suitable alternative to conventional …