Evaluating the impact of the national health insurance scheme of Ghana on out of pocket expenditures: a systematic review

• Main Authors: Juliet Okoroh (Author), Samuel Essoun (Author), Anthony Seddoh (Author), Hobart Harris (Author), Joel S. Weissman (Author), Lydia Dsane-Selby (Author), Robert Riviello (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Approximately 150 million people suffer from financial catastrophe annually because of out-of-pocket expenditures (OOPEs) on health. Although the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) of Ghana was designed to promote universal health coverage, OOPEs as a proportion of total hea...