Equity of the premium of the Ghanaian national health insurance scheme and the implications for achieving universal coverage

<p>Abstract</p> <p>The Ghanaian National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was introduced to provide access to adequate health care regardless of ability to pay. By law the NHIS is mandatory but because the informal sector has to make premium payment before they are enrolled, the auth...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Amporfu Eugenia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2013-01-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
Online Access:http://www.equityhealthj.com/content/12/1/4