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The national health insurance scheme in Ghana: Implementation challenges and proposed solutions by Gajate-Garrido, Gissele, Owusua, Rebecca

“…Healthcare financing through social health insurance has become a very important tool in providing access to and utilization of health services in most developing countries such as Ghana. Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is a promising tool for policymakers. …”
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Strong democracy, weak state: The political economy of Ghana’s stalled structural transformation by Resnick, Danielle

“…As Africa’s only institutionalized two-party system, competitive elections have enforced a commitment to the poor and a broad swathe of voters, evidenced by an impressive national health insurance scheme and an extensive social transfer program. …”
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The effect of insurance enrollment on maternal and child health care utilization: The case of Ghana by Gajate-Garrido, Gissele, Ahiadeke, Clement

“…This paper uses representative data for the whole country of Ghana and an instrumental variable approach to estimate the causal impact on healthcare use of participating in Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme. Idiosyncratic variations in membership rules at the district level provide exogenous variation in enrollment. …”
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