A qualitative exploration of barriers to the utilisation of outpatient healthcare services among older persons in the Ho Municipality of Volta Region of Ghana

Background: Ghana government has introduced the National Health Insurance Scheme which exempted older adults from paying for outpatient and others healthcare services. However, reports from healthcare facilities in Ho Municipality showed that older adults do not utilise healthcare services from heal...

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Main Authors: Peter Adatara, Philemon Adoliwine Amooba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214139121000706