An assessment of out of pocket payments in public sector health facilities under the free maternal healthcare policy in Ghana.
Maxwell Tii KumbeniVictoria BamPaschal Awingura ApangaPublished in: Health economics review (2023)
This study provides evidence of high prevalence of OOP payment among women who had skilled delivery services in public sector health facilities although such women had valid national health insurance. Government may need to institute measures to reduce OOP payment in public sector facilities especially at the hospitals and for women undergoing caesarean sections.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- health insurance
- affordable care act
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- pregnancy outcomes
- mental health
- public health
- cervical cancer screening
- health information
- breast cancer risk
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- pregnant women
- body mass index
- quality improvement
- type diabetes
- human health
- climate change
- preterm birth