Injured and broke: The impacts of the Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on service delivery and catastrophic health expenditure among seriously injured children

Injured and broke: The impacts of the Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on service delivery and catastrophic health expenditure among seriously injured children

Introduction: Ghana implemented a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2003 as a step toward universal health coverage. We aimed to determine the effect of the NHIS on timeliness of care, mortality, and catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) among children with serious injuries at a trauma cent...

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Main Authors: Barclay T. Stewart, Adam Gyedu, Stephanie K. Goodman, Godfred Boakye, John W. Scott, Peter Donkor, Charles Mock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Ghana
Financial risk protection
Universal health coverage
Trauma
Children
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X20301105

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