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Factors associated with health insurance ownership among women of reproductive age: A multicountry study in sub-Saharan Africa.

PLoS ONE, 2022
BackgroundPromoting the coverage and ownership of health insurance constitutes a key strategy to achieving universal healthcare, thereby meeting the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 3.8) of safeguarding the vulnerable population from financial risk ...
Liming Shao, Yiting Wang, Xuhui Wang, Lu Ji, Rui Huang   +4 more
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LESSON LEARNED FROM THE UNITES STATES: IMPROVING HEALTH COVERAGE IN A PRIMARY CARE

Jurnal Administrasi Kesehatan Indonesia, 2022
The universal health coverage in Indonesia is organized by Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Kesehatan (BPJS) which gives a health protection to population as in medical insurances.
Komang Triyani Kartinawati, Luh Gede Pradnyawati, Doug Campos-Outcalt, Gail P Barker   +3 more
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Colombia’s Universal Health Insurance System

Health Affairs, 2009
By insuring more than 80 percent of its population, Colombia provides a valuable opportunity to gather evidence on a hotly debated health policy issue. Results from three studies evaluating the impact of universal health insurance in Colombia show that it has greatly increased access to and use of health services, even those that are free for all, and ...
Giedion, U., Uribe, M. V.
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Public views of health insurance in Japan during the era of attaining universal health coverage: a secondary analysis of an opinion poll on health insurance in 1967

Journal of Public Health Research, 2017
While Japan’s success in achieving universal health insurance over a short period with controlled healthcare costs has been studied from various perspectives, that of beneficiaries have been overlooked.
Ikuma Nozaki, Koji Wada, Osamu Utsunomiya   +2 more
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Impact of community-based health insurance on health services utilisation among vulnerable households in Amhara region, Ethiopia

BMC Health Services Research, 2023
Background Ethiopia piloted community-based health insurance in 2011, and as of 2019, the programme was operating in 770 districts nationwide, covering approximately 7 million households.
Essa Chanie Mussa, Tia Palermo, Gustavo Angeles, Martha Kibur, Frank Otchere, Amhara ISNP Evaluation Team   +5 more
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A Brief Overview on the Health Insurance Situation in Iran [PDF]

Taṣvīr-i salāmat, 2023
The financing process of the health system includes the collection, accumulation, and management of financial resources to purchase health services.
Roghayeh Khabiri
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Uptake of health insurance among Muslims in Nairobi county, Kenya

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2017
INTRODUCTION: In Kenya and the world across, health insurance has been reckoned as an important health policy that serves to protect households from the direct financial consequences of health care and meet the Sustainable Development Goal of Universal ...
Mohammed Abdi Hassan, Wanja Mwaura-Tenambergen, Muthoni Mwangi Eunice   +2 more
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Policy processes underpinning universal health insurance in Vietnam [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2014
Background: In almost 30 years since economic reforms or ‘renovation’ (Doimoi) were launched, Vietnam has achieved remarkably good health results, in many cases matching those in much higher income countries.
Bui T. T. Ha, Scott Frizen, Le M. Thi, Doan T. T. Duong, Duong M. Duc   +4 more
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Designing a model for universal health insurance coverage in Iran using the balanced scorecard approach [PDF]

International Archives of Health Sciences
Objectives: This study aimed to develop an effective model for achieving universal health insurance coverage in Iran utilizing the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) approach. Methods: This mixed-method study was conducted between 2022 and 2023.
Ghorban Sadeghi Dabanlo, Leila Riahi, Aniseh Nikravan, Abasat Mirzaei   +3 more
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Strategies for financing social health insurance schemes for providing universal health care: a comparative analysis of five countries

Global Health Action, 2021
Background: Universal Health Coverage has become a political priority for many African countries yet there are clear challenges in achieving this goal. Though social health insurance is considered a mechanism for providing financial protection, less well
Ama P. Fenny, Robert Yates, Rachel Thompson   +2 more
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