Does a provider payment method affect membership retention in a health insurance scheme? a mixed method study of Ghana's capitation payment for primary care

• Main Authors: Francis-Xavier (Author), Renske van der Wal (Author), Eric Nsiah-Boateng (Author), Felix Ankomah Asante (Author), Koos van der Velden (Author), Ernst Spaan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Ghana introduced a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2003 applying fee-for-service method for paying NHIS-credentialed health care providers. The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) later introduced diagnosis-related-grouping (DRG) payment to contain cost without...