BACKGROUND Barely a decade after introduction of Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), significant successes have been recorded in universal access to basic healthcare services. However, sustainability of the scheme is increasingly threatened by concerns on quality of health service delivery in NHIS-accredited health facilities coupled with stakeholders' discontentment with the opera...

BACKGROUND Ghana is attracting global attention for efforts to provide health insurance to all citizens through the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). With the program's strong emphasis on maternal and child health, an expectation of the program is that members will have increased use of relevant services. METHODS This paper uses qualitative and quantitative data from a baseline assessm...

The use of health insurance schemes in financing healthcare delivery and to minimize the poverty gap is gaining considerable recognition among the least developed and resource challenged countries around the world. With the implementation of the socialized health insurance scheme, Ghana has taken the lead in Sub-Saharan Africa and now working out further strategies to gain universal coverage am...

BACKGROUND Health insurance premium exemptions for pregnant women are a strategy to increase coverage of maternal health services in sub-Saharan countries. We examine health insurance registration among pregnant women before or after the introduction of a premium exemption, and test whether registration increases utilization of maternal health services. METHODS Data were drawn from a retrospe...

BACKGROUND The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Nigeria was launched in 2005 as part of efforts by the federal government to achieve universal coverage using financial risk protection mechanisms. However, only 4% of the population, and mainly federal government employees, are currently covered by health insurance and this is primarily through the Formal Sector Social Health Insurance ...

BACKGROUND In 2003, Ghana introduced the national health insurance scheme (NHIS) to promote access to healthcare. This study determines consumer and provider factors which most influence the NHIS at a municipal health facility in Ghana. METHOD This is an analytical cross-sectional study at the Winneba Municipal Hospital (WHM) in Ghana between January-March 2010. A total of 170 insured and 175...

Abstract The Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was established in 2003, Act, 2003 (Act 650), but later replaced with the 2012 852) to get rid of then “cash and carry” system paying for healthcare. aim scheme reduce cost healthcare provision increase access This paper investigates effect on utilization out-of-pocket payment, from providers’ perspective. study uses data seventh round ...

Background: Health seeking behaviour includes all those associated with establishing and retaining a healthy state, plus aspects of dealing the departure from that which can generally be improved by health care financing insurance. The objective study was to evaluate knowledge, attitude practice National Insurance Scheme (NHIS) people Unguwar soya community its relationship their behaviour.Meth...

Acknowledged as a policy target for the government of Nigeria, healthcare provision represents an important preoccupation government. As with other public policies, achievement goals in Nigeria is usually encumbered by numerous factors implementation across various sectors. In health sector, such inadequate physical infrastructure, shortage personnel, limited medical supplies etc. have hindered...