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Book Synopsis Contribution of Mutual Health Organizations, to Financing, Delivery, and Access to Health Care Ghana Case Study by :
Download or read book Contribution of Mutual Health Organizations, to Financing, Delivery, and Access to Health Care Ghana Case Study written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes three types of Mutual Health Organization (MHO) in Ghana: the simple (or low participation) community financing model, the social movement based model and the traditional social network. Provides cases studies of each type. Outlines the institutional, legal and regulatory framework for MHOs and makes recommendations for their improvement.
Book Synopsis The Contribution of Mutual Health Organizations to Financing, Delivery, and Access to Health Care by : Chris Atim
Download or read book The Contribution of Mutual Health Organizations to Financing, Delivery, and Access to Health Care written by Chris Atim and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the actual and potential contribution of mutual health organizations in West and Central African countries to resource mobilization, efficiency, equity, quality improvement, health care access, sustainability, and democratic governance in the health sector.
Book Synopsis The Contribution of Mutual Health Organizations to Financing, Delivery, and Access to Health Care by :
Download or read book The Contribution of Mutual Health Organizations to Financing, Delivery, and Access to Health Care written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Understanding Health Care Financing and Management by : Augustine Adomah-Afari
Download or read book Understanding Health Care Financing and Management written by Augustine Adomah-Afari and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapter one is an introduction to the research (book). Chapter two presents an analysis of the problems of health financing in Sub-Saharan Africa within which Ghana is located. Chapter three is a review of literature on theory and delivery of the mutual health organisations. Chapter four explains the development, good practices and sustainability of mutual health organisations in other developing countries. Chapter five is the case study that focuses on Ghana. Chapter six discusses the health sector reforms in the context of Ghana. Chapter seven discusses the emergence of mutual health organisations with particular reference to Ghana. Chapter eight discusses the theoretical framework used to interpret the findings of the empirical study. Chapter nine presents the research methodology. Chapter ten examines the performance of the mutual health organisations on the basis of their operations. Chapter eleven examines the influence of external agencies on the performance of the mutual health organisations. Chapter twelve is the analysis and discussion of the empirical findings as interpreted within the theoretical models of social policy and community field theories.
Book Synopsis Social Health Insurance for Developing Nations by : R. Paul Shaw
Download or read book Social Health Insurance for Developing Nations written by R. Paul Shaw and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Specialist groups have often advised health ministers and other decision makers in developing countries on the use of social health insurance (SHI) as a way of mobilizing revenue for health, reforming health sector performance, and providing universal coverage. This book reviews the specific design and implementation challenges facing SHI in low- and middle-income countries and presents case studies on Ghana, Kenya, Philippines, Colombia, and Thailand.
Book Synopsis Technical Report No. 19 by : Chris Bukari Atim
Download or read book Technical Report No. 19 written by Chris Bukari Atim and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Health Financing in Ghana by : George Schieber
Download or read book Health Financing in Ghana written by George Schieber and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2012-08-14 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 universal coverage, but faces significant fiscal and coverage challenges. This study reviews Ghana's health financing system with a special emphasis on its National Health Insurance Scheme. Such an assessment is important because Ghana is often considered a global 'good practice' in terms of earmarking significant amounts of its general revenues for health insurance coverage, providing formal coverage to its vulnerable population groups, and extending coverage by transitioning its existing community health insurance schemes into a national health insurance program. In addition to the global interest in the Ghana 'model', this review is timely in view of recent critiques of the system and questions about its financial sustainability. The study is also unique in terms of evaluating Ghana's NHIS in terms of basic health system goals of health outcomes, financial protection, consumer satisfaction, equity, efficiency, and financial sustainability. The strengths and weaknesses of Ghana's health financing system are assessed on the basis of these performance goals to provide the current health policy reform baseline. The assessment is also based on several new and updated sources of information on: total health spending, inputs, outcomes, household spending, and the macro economy. It also undertakes for the first time an extensive international benchmarking analysis; assesses the financial protection/equity of the system at both macro and micro levels; and, contains an extensive fiscal space analysis based on Ghana's new macroeconomic realities (i.e., the revaluation of Ghana's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) upward by some 60 percent in November 2010, making Ghana a lower middle income country). The study concludes with an assessment of potential structural and operational reform options to assure NHISs long-term efficacy and sustainability in the context of its future available fiscal space.
Book Synopsis Maternal Health-Seeking Behavior by : Emmanuel Aboagye
Download or read book Maternal Health-Seeking Behavior written by Emmanuel Aboagye and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines how organization and financing of maternal health services influence health-seeking behavior in Bosomtwe district, Ghana. It contributes in furthering the discussions on maternal health-seeking behavior and health outcomes from a health system perspective in sub-Saharan Africa. From a health system standpoint, the paper first presents the resources, organization and financing of maternal health service in Ghana, and later uses case study examples to explain how Ghana's health system has shaped maternal health-seeking behavior of women in the district. The paper employs a qualitative case study technique to build a complex and holistic picture, and report detailed views of the women in their natural setting. A purposeful sampling technique is applied to select 16 women in the district for this study. Through face-to-face interviews and group discussions with the selected women, comprehensive and in-depth information on health-seeking behavior and health outcomes are elicited for the analysis. The study highlights that characteristics embedded in decentralization and provision of free maternal health care influence health-seeking behavior. Particularly, the use of antenatal care has increased after the delivery exemption policy in Ghana. Interestingly, the study also reveals certain social structures, which influence women's attitude towards their decisions and choices of health facilities.
Book Synopsis Health Financing for Poor People by : Alexander S. Preker
Download or read book Health Financing for Poor People written by Alexander S. Preker and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2004 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most urgent development challenges facing many low and middle income countries is the need for adequate financing systems to pay for health care provision to the estimated 1.3 billion impoverished people living in rural areas or working in the informal sector in urban areas. This publication considers ways of improving the financing of health care at low income levels, as part of a global strategy for increased investment in health and poverty reduction. Topics discussed include: global and regional trends in healthcare financing; strengths and weaknesses of community-based health financing, and experiences in Asia and Africa; country case studies using household survey analysis from Senegal, Rwanda, India and Thailand; deficit financing; and the impact of risk sharing on achieving health system goals.
Book Synopsis Balancing Public and Private Health Care Systems by : Randolph Quaye
Download or read book Balancing Public and Private Health Care Systems written by Randolph Quaye and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2010 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Balancing Public and Private Health Care Systems appears at a timely moment, given widespread current discussion about equity in healthy care and the role of the state in healthcare planning. In response to the World Bank recommendation that the principle of cost recovery be included in healthcare financing strategies, African countries embraced the principle of public-private partnerships in healthcare. It was argued then, and still now, that a way out of their health conundrum is for governments to play a smaller role in healthcare. The present book explores the different financing arrangements in Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. It introduces new scholarship on post-colonial healthcare strategies in Africa, especially during a decade of market-oriented healthcare reform. Drawing upon current research and case studies, as well as recent work by the author himself on African healthcare systems, this book sets out to analyze the implications of the various strategies for the future of healthcare financing in Africa. Book jacket.
Book Synopsis Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme by : Huihui Wang
Download or read book Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme written by Huihui Wang and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2017-08-14 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was established in 2003 as a major vehicle to achieve the country’s commitment of Universal Health Coverage. The government has earmarked value-added tax to finance NHIS in addition to deduction from Social Security Trust (SSNIT) and premium payment. However, the scheme has been running under deficit since 2009 due to expansion of coverage, increase in service use, and surge in expenditure. Consequently, Ghana National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) had to reduce investment fund, borrow loans and delay claims reimbursement to providers in order to fill the gap. This study aimed to provide policy recommendations on how to improve efficiency and financial sustainability of NHIS based on health sector expenditure and NHIS claims expenditure review. The analysis started with an overall health sector expenditure review, zoomed into NHIS claims expenditure in Volta region as a miniature for the scheme, and followed by identifictation of factors affecting level and efficiency of expenditure. This study is the first attempt to undertake systematic in-depth analysis of NHIS claims expenditure. Based on the study findings, it is recommended that NHIS establish a stronger expenditure control system in place for long-term sustainability. The majority of NHIS claims expenditure is for outpatient consultations, district hospitals and above, certain member groups (e.g., informal group, members with more than five visits in a year). These distribution patterns are closely related to NHIS design features that encourages expenditure surge. For example, year-round open registration boosted adverse selection during enrollment, essentially fee-for-service provider mechanisms incentivized oversupply but not better quality and cost-effectiveness, and zero patient cost-sharing by patients reduced prudence in seeking care and caused overuse. Moreover, NHIA is not equipped to control expenditure or monitor effect of cost-containment policies. The claims processing system is mostly manual and does not collect information on service delivery and results. No mechanisms exist to monitor and correct providers’ abonormal behaviors, as well as engage NHIS members for and engaging members for information verification, case management and prevention.
Book Synopsis Impact of Health Insurance in Low- and Middle-income Countries by : Maria-Luisa Escobar
Download or read book Impact of Health Insurance in Low- and Middle-income Countries written by Maria-Luisa Escobar and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past twenty years, many low- and middle-income countries have experimented with health insurance options. While their plans have varied widely in scale and ambition, their goals are the same: to make health services more affordable through the use of public subsidies while also moving care providers partially or fully into competitive markets. Until now, however, we have known little about the actual effects of these dramatic policy changes. Understanding the impact of health insurance-based care is key to the public policy debate of whether to extend insurance to low-income populationsand if so, how to do itor to serve them through other means.
Book Synopsis Mutual Health Organizations as Facilitators And/or Barriers Towards the Successful Implementation of NHIS in Ghana by : Augustine Adomah-Afari
Download or read book Mutual Health Organizations as Facilitators And/or Barriers Towards the Successful Implementation of NHIS in Ghana written by Augustine Adomah-Afari and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many constraints to implementing comprehensive health insurance in the context of Sub-Saharan Africa. Mutual health organizations are under pressure to resolve the inadequacies, accordingly. The objective of this study is to explore the extent to which the mutual health organizations constitute facilitators and/or barriers to the successful implementation of the health insurance scheme nationwide. Data were gathered through interviews and review of literature. The findings of the empirical data were analyzed using theories of health seeking behaviour and reflexive communities. The findings of the paper suggest that the mutual health organizations are beneficial to their communities as they have broadened the understanding of the community members, regarding what the concept of health insurance was in Ghana, a country where it was a relatively new concept in public health financing and delivery. However, the paper also observes that the mutual health organizations are facing problems that are likely to affect sustainability overtime under a national health insurance scheme. Therefore, the need for continuous public education to sustain the enthusiasm among community members is recommended.
Book Synopsis Health Insurance Schemes in Northern Ghana by : Stine Lund
Download or read book Health Insurance Schemes in Northern Ghana written by Stine Lund and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis MUTUAL HEALTH INSURANCE, ACCESS AND QUALITY HEALTH CARE IN RURAL GHANA by : Kennedy A. Alatinga
Download or read book MUTUAL HEALTH INSURANCE, ACCESS AND QUALITY HEALTH CARE IN RURAL GHANA written by Kennedy A. Alatinga and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the Impact of Mutual Health Insurance on Access and Quality of Health Care for the Rural Poor in Ghana. Using household surveys and focus group discussions, the study establishes that Mutual Health Insurance improves the poor's access to health care as the insured use nearly 3 times of health facilities more than the uninsured. The insured equally pay relatively lower out-of-pocket fees than the uninsured at the point of demanding health care. The household surveys do not find any differences on the perceptions about the quality of health care between the insured and uninsured but evidence from the focus group discussions seem to suggest that the uninsured are more satisfied with the quality of health they receive than the insured. The enrollment of the poorest of the poor is not automatic in Mutual Health Insurance. The poorest segment of the community risk being excluded because they cannot afford the insurance premiums. It is recommended that subsidising insurance premiums for the poorest of the poor could enable them enroll in Mutual Health Insurance thereby improving their access to health care.
Book Synopsis The Solidarity of Self-interest by : Daniel Kojo Arhinful
Download or read book The Solidarity of Self-interest written by Daniel Kojo Arhinful and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of health care since colonial times (1850) up to after independence in 1957. Presents the results of field research carried out in the districts of Nkoranza, Dangme-West, and Suhum Kraboa Coaltar. Looks at options, values and limitations of a state-organized solidarity risk-sharing scheme, and whether it can improve access by the poor and vulnerable members of the community.
Book Synopsis Health Financing in the Developing World by : Guy Carrin
Download or read book Health Financing in the Developing World written by Guy Carrin and published by ASP / VUBPRESS / UPA. This book was released on 2011 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of peer-reviewed articles and contributions to books, this overview of the finance of health insurance concentrates on developing countries. The material covers various financing strategies and explains how each can--or cannot--help improve the transition toward universal coverage. The model plans shown here are particularly useful for policy-makers and technical advisers who have to decide upon health financing policies--or are engaged in a debate about them--and the sample forms can be adjusted to the particular economic and political context of the developing countries involved. In addition, there are reminders that this process varies: in some countries, universal coverage may take time and require a step-by-step approach. In other developing countries, a swift transition to universal coverage may be quite feasible.
