Preliminary Findings and Lessons of Ghana's National Health Insurance Law
Year: 2007
Type: preprint
Abstract: With the possible exceptions of Rwanda and Tanzania, no other country in Africa has so far tried to roll out health insurance schemes to the entire population and at the pace that the Ghana Government has tried to do since a national health insurance law was passed at the end of 2003, intended to roll out community health insurance at district level to the entire country. Thus careful documentation and analysis of the process and early results of the Ghanaian experience could be beneficial to other countries seeking to decide how to implement similar schemes. It could also be of wider academic interest as global interest in the health insurance phenomenon has increased in recent years. The main objectives of the research are to: Analyse the process and present initial findings of the passage and implementation of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Law, Act 650 of 2003, in Ghana Assess the preliminary coverage data and potential implications for financial viability of the implementation of the law The research is based on a review of existing documents, research data emerging from different sources, health insurance scheme data compiled by the relevant authorities, and some supplementary primary research in four of the leading regions of health insurance implementation in the country.
Source: SSRN Electronic Journal
Authors: Chris Atim, Patrick Apoya, William Kwasi Sabi
Institution: Catholic University College of Ghana
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2258600879