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Maternal health care utilization following the implementation of the free maternal health care policy in Ghana: analysis of Ghana demographic and health surveys 2008-2014

Abstract Background In July 2008, Ghana introduced a 'free' maternal health care policy (FMHCP) through the national health insurance scheme (NHIS) to provide comprehensive antenatal, delivery and post-natal care services to pregnant women. In this study, we evaluated the 'free'...

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Main Authors:	John Azaare (Author), Gifty Apiung Aninanya (Author), Kasim Abdulai (Author), Francis Adane (Author), Robert Bagngmen Bio (Author), Martin Hushie (Author)
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Published:	BMC, 2024-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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