Social health insurance contributes to universal coverage in South Africa, but generates inequities: survey among members of a government employee insurance scheme

• Hauptverfasser: Jane Goudge (Verfasst von), Olufunke A. Alaba (Verfasst von), Veloshnee Govender (Verfasst von), Bronwyn Harris (Verfasst von), Nonhlanhla Nxumalo (Verfasst von), Matthew F. Chersich (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: BMC, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Many low- and middle-income countries are reforming their health financing mechanisms as part of broader strategies to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). Voluntary social health insurance, despite evidence of resulting inequities, is attractive to policy makers as it genera...