Perceptions of healthcare quality in Ghana: Does health insurance status matter?

Perceptions of healthcare quality in Ghana: Does health insurance status matter?

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 uninsured of the non-technical quality of healthcare. It further explores the association between insurance status a...

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Main Authors:	Stephen Kwasi Opoku Duku, Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, Wendy Janssens, Menno Pradhan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5770037?pdf=render

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