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Community perceptions of enrolment of indigents into the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana: a case study of the Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty Programme

Abstract Background The Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty (LEAP) programme in Ghana as part of its beneficiary programme, identifies the poor/indigents for exemptions from premium payments in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). This paper sought to understand community perceptions of e...

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Main Authors:	Patricia Akweongo (Author), Edmund Voetagbe (Author), Fabrizio Tediosi (Author), Dominic Dormenyo Gadeka (Author), Paola Salari (Author), Moses Aikins (Author)
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Published:	BMC, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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