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Maternal healthcare insurance ownership and service utilisation in Ghana: Analysis of Ghana Demographic and Health Survey.

Olumuyiwa OmonaiyeFeng DaRuoxi WangShangfeng TangBishwajit Ghose
Published in: PloS one (2019)
Overall prevalence of health insurance coverage has increased since 2008, with significant disparities across demographic and socioeconomic groups. Insurance ownership for different types of maternal health services showed positive association with service uptake, with exceptions for place of delivery, indicating that insurance coverage alone may not be able to promote facility delivery. More studies are required to measure the progress in maternal healthcare utilisation through the insurance programmes.
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