National health insurance scheme: how protected are households in Oyo State, Nigeria from catastrophic health expenditure?
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national health insurance scheme: how protected are households in oyo state, nigeria from catastrophic health expenditure?
background the major objective of the national health insurance scheme (nhis) in nigeria is to protect families from the financial hardship of large medical bills. catastrophic health expenditure (che) is rampart in nigeria despite the take-off of the nhis. this study aimed to determine if households enrolled in the nhis were protected from having che. methods the study took place among 714 h...
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BACKGROUND The major objective of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Nigeria is to protect families from the financial hardship of large medical bills. Catastrophic Health Expenditure (CHE) is rampart in Nigeria despite the take-off of the NHIS. This study aimed to determine if households enrolled in the NHIS were protected from having CHE. METHODS The study took place among 714 h...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Health Policy and Management
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2322-5939
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2014.39