'Cash and Carry' or Health Insurance in Ghana?: Is there a case for the abolition of out-of-pocket payments for healthcare in favour of health insurance in Ghana? - Couverture souple

Mohammed, Abdul-Rahim

 
9783846584163: 'Cash and Carry' or Health Insurance in Ghana?: Is there a case for the abolition of out-of-pocket payments for healthcare in favour of health insurance in Ghana?

Synopsis

Providing an equitable and sustainable financing scheme for healthcare delivery in sub-Saharan Africa has been a needlessly daunting challenge for Governments. Various financing regimes has been proposed to address this problem. This dissertation provides a justification for the abolition of out-of-pocket financing scheme in favor of health insurance in Ghana. This financing scheme has proved to be more equitable and sustainable than out-of-pocket payments for healthcare utilization in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Providing an equitable and sustainable financing scheme for healthcare delivery in sub-Saharan Africa has been a needlessly daunting challenge for Governments. Various financing regimes has been proposed to address this problem. This dissertation provides a justification for the abolition of out-of-pocket financing scheme in favor of health insurance in Ghana. This financing scheme has proved to be more equitable and sustainable than out-of-pocket payments for healthcare utilization in sub-Saharan Africa.

Biographie de l'auteur

Abdul-Rahim is a lecturer at U.D.S,Wa (Ghana). He teaches development studies with Social Safety Nets, Livelihood Diversification, Migration and Remittances, Poverty as his research interests specifically and Social Policy in general. He is a graduate of both The London School of Economics and Political Science and The University of Ghana

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