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Ghana’s Journey towards Universal Health Coverage: The Role of the National Health Insurance Scheme

European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 2019
Background: the main aim of the study is to find if the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Ghana is achieving universal health coverage (UHC) or not. The study gives the trajectories of health policies in Ghana and their implications on long term
D. D. Kipo-Sunyehzi, M. Ayanore, D. Dzidzonu, Yakubu AyalsumaYakubu   +3 more
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Participatory and responsive governance in universal health coverage: an analysis of legislative provisions in Thailand

BMJ Global Health, 2021
Participatory and responsive governance in universal health coverage (UHC) systems synergistically ensure the needs of citizens are protected and met. In Thailand, UHC constitutes of three public insurance schemes: Civil Servant Medical Benefit Scheme ...
Walaiporn Patcharanarumol, Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Aniqa Islam Marshall, Kanang Kantamaturapoj, Kamonwan Kiewnin, Somtanuek Chotchoungchatchai   +5 more
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Strategic purchasing for universal health coverage: examining the purchaser–provider relationship within a social health insurance scheme in Nigeria

BMJ Global Health, 2018
Background In an attempt to achieve universal health coverage, Nigeria introduced a number of health insurance schemes. One of them, the Formal Sector Social Health Insurance Programme (FSSHIP), was launched in 2005 to provide health cover to federal ...
E. Etiaba, O. Onwujekwe, A. Honda, O. Ibe, B. Uzochukwu, K. Hanson   +5 more
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Factors Associated with Membership in a Mutual Health Insurance Fund in the Thiès Region (Senegal) in 2023: Article

International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology
 Introduction : Mutual health insurance constitutes a micro-insurance system which facilitates access to care by avoiding direct payment. They represent one of the pillars of our Universal Health Coverage.
Mamadou Guedji DIOUF, Mamadou Makhtar Mbacké LEYE, Martial Coly Bop, Cheikh Tacko Diop, Abdoul Aziz Ndiaye, Ousseynou Ka   +5 more
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Framework for developing cost-effectiveness analysis threshold: the case of Egypt

Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association
Background Cost-effectiveness analyses rarely offer useful insights to policy decisions unless their results are compared against a benchmark threshold. The cost-effectiveness threshold (CET) represents the maximum acceptable monetary value for achieving
Ahmad N. Fasseeh, Nada Korra, Baher Elezbawy, Amal S. Sedrak, Mary Gamal, Randa Eldessouki, Mariam Eldebeiky, Mohsen George, Ahmed Seyam, Asmaa Abourawash, Ahmed Y. Khalifa, Mayada Shaheen, Sherif Abaza, Zoltán Kaló   +13 more
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Universal health coverage in the context of population ageing: What determines health insurance enrolment in rural Ghana?

BMC Public Health, 2018
BackgroundPopulation ageing presents considerable challenges for the attainment of universal health coverage (UHC), especially in countries where such coverage is still in its infancy.
N. van der Wielen, A. Channon, J. Falkingham   +2 more
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Is Indonesia achieving universal health coverage? Secondary analysis of national data on insurance coverage, health spending and service availability

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives To analyse the relationship between health need, insurance coverage, health service availability, service use, insurance claims and out-of-pocket spending on health across Indonesia.
Agnes Bhakti Pratiwi, Hermawati Setiyaningsih, M. Kok, T. Hoekstra, Ali Ghufron Mukti, E. Pisani   +5 more
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Paving Way Towards Universal Health Coverage: Health Insurance, Priority Setting and Packaging Safety Nets in Nepal

Journal of Karnali Academy of Health Sciences, 2023
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is instrumental for achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) and its agenda of leaving no one behind (LNOB).
Ambika Thapa Pachya, Uttam Pachya, Kapil Amgain, Madan Kumar Upadhyaya, Krishna Kumar Aryal   +4 more
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The challenges of the Philippines' social health insurance programme in the era of Universal Health Coverage.

Public Health Action, 2018
Objective: To quantitatively and qualitatively describe some of the challenges faced by the Philippines' health insurance programme, PhilHealth, in the era of Universal Health Coverage.
A. Querri, A. Ohkado, L. Kawatsu, M. A. Remonte, A. Medina, A. Garfin   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Political Economy of Reform under US Federalism: Adopting Single-Payer Health Coverage in New York State

Health Systems & Reform, 2019
The US remains the only high-income country that lacks a universal health financing system and instead relies on a fragmented system with the largest segment of the population receiving health insurance through private, voluntary employer-sponsored ...
Ashley M. Fox, Yongjin Choi
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