Does community-based health insurance protect women from financial catastrophe after cesarean section? A prospective study from a rural hospital in Rwanda

• Main Authors: Rachel Koch (Author), Theoneste Nkurunziza (Author), Niclas Rudolfson (Author), Jonathan Nkurunziza (Author), Laban Bakorimana (Author), Holly Irasubiza (Author), Kristin Sonderman (Author), Robert Riviello (Author), Bethany L. Hedt-Gauthier (Author), Mark Shrime (Author), Fredrick Kateera (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The implementation of community-based health insurance in (CBHI) in Rwanda has reduced out of pocket (OOP) spending for the > 79% of citizens who enroll in it but the effect for surgical patients is not well described. For all but the poorest citizens who are completely subsid...