Evaluation of the National Health Insurance Program of Nepal: are political promises translated into actions?

• Main Authors: Geha N. Khanal (Author), Bishal Bharadwaj (Author), Nijan Upadhyay (Author), Tulasi Bhattarai (Author), Minakshi Dahal (Author), Resham B. Khatri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Despite political promise to reduce out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure on healthcare through the National Health Insurance Program (NHIP) of Nepal, its implementation is challenging with low enrolment and high drop-out rates. Program performance can often be linked with political ec...