Does the national health insurance scheme in Ghana reduce household cost of treating malaria in the Kassena-Nankana districts?

• Main Authors: Maxwell Ayindenaba Dalaba (Author), Patricia Akweongo (Author), Raymond Aborigo (Author), Timothy Awine (Author), Daniel Kweku Azongo (Author), Prosper Asaana (Author), Frank Atuguba (Author), Abraham Oduro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2014-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: The Government of Ghana introduced the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2003 to replace out-of-pocket (OOP) payment for health services with the inherent aim of reducing the direct cost of treating illness to households. Objective: To assess the effects of the NHIS in reducin...