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Health financing in Ghana /

Ghana is one of only several African countries to enact legislation and earmark financing for universal health insurance coverage for its entire population. Seven years into its implementation the Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has made significant progress in transitioning to univers...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Bank
Otros Autores: Schieber, George
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2012.
Colección:Directions in development (Washington, D.C.). Human development.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Overview; Study Approach; Key Messages; Fiscal Space; Reform Options; Tables; O.1 Options for Reforming Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme; Chapter 1 Introduction; Underlying Demographics and Epidemiology; Figures; 1.1 Ghana Population Pyramids, 2010 and 2030; Configuration of Ghana's Health System; 1.2 Burden of Disease in Ghana (Actual) and Sub-Saharan Africa (Projected); 1.3 Organization of Ghana's Health System; 1.4 Ghana's Service Delivery System; Functions and Goals of Ghana's Health System and Health Financing.
  • 1.5 Components and Objectives of a Health System1.6 Functions and Goals of Health Financing; 1.7 Ghana's Transition to Universal Coverage; Ghana's Health Financing System; 1.1 Features of Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme; 1.8 Flows of Funds in Ghana's Health System; 1.9 Sources of Ministry of Health Revenues, 2005-09; 1.10 Sources of Ministry of Health Revenues, 2009; 1.11 Funds Generated Internally by Ministry of Health Facilities, 2005-09; Notes; 1.12 Projected Revenues and Expenditures of Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme, 2008-18; References.
  • Chapter 2 Ghana's Health Financing: A Performance AssessmentHealth Outcomes, Inputs, and Health Spending; Equity and Financial Protection; 2.1 Coverage of National Health Insurance Scheme, by Gender and Wealth Quintile, 2008; 2.2 Facility Consulted in Ghana in Case of Illness or Injury, 1991-2006; 2.3 Percent of Ill/Injured in Ghana Who Sought Care at a Health Facility, by Wealth Quintile and Insurance Status, 2008; 2.4 Percent of Ill/Injured in Ghana Who Self-Treated or Sought Care at a Nonformal Facility, by Wealth Quintile and Insurance Status, 2008.
  • 2.5 Percent of Pregnant Women in Ghana Who Delivered in a Health Facility, 2003 and 20082.6 Percent of Pregnant Women in Ghana Who Sought Assistance During Delivery, 2003 and 2008; 2.7 Percent of Pregnant Women in Ghana Who Sought Assistance During Delivery, by Wealth Quintile and Insurance Status, 2008; 2.8 Percent of Pregnant Women in Ghana Who Delivered in a Health Facility, by Wealth Quintile and Insurance Status, 2008; 2.1 Average Month of Pregnancy During First Prenatal Visit by Women in Ghana, by Wealth Quintile and Insurance Status, 2008.
  • 2.2 Share of Spending Devoted to Health Care in Ghana, by Consumption Quintile, 2005/062.9 Catastrophic Expenditure Headcounts in Ghana, by Threshold, 2005/06; 2.3 Per Capita Household Expenditure in Ghana, Gross and Net of Health Spending, 2005/06; 2.10 Poverty Rates in Ghana Before and After Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditures, 2005/2006; Consumer Responsiveness; 2.4 Consumer Satisfaction with Ghana's National Health Insurance System, 2008; 2.5 Consumer Satisfaction with Medical Services in Ghana; Annex 2A. Performance Assessment of Ghana's Health System.