“It is like an umbrella covering you, yet it does not protect you from the rain”: a mixed methods study of insurance affordability, coverage, and financial protection in rural western KenyaSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 22 - Trang 1-13 - 2023
Beryl Maritim, Adam D. Koon, Allan Kimaina, Cornelius Lagat, Elvira Riungu, Jeremiah Laktabai, Laura J. Ruhl, Michael Kibiwot, Michael L. Scanlon, Jane Goudge
Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly adopting mandatory social health insurance programs. In Kenya, mandatory social health insurance is being implemented through the national health insurer, the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF), but the level of coverage, affordability and financial risk protection provided by health insurance, especially for rural informal households, is uncle...... hiện toàn bộ
Overuse or underuse? Use of healthcare services among irregular migrants in a north-eastern Spanish regionSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 20 - Trang 1-11 - 2021
Luis Andrés Gimeno-Feliu, Marta Pastor-Sanz, Beatriz Poblador-Plou, Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Esperanza Díaz, Alexandra Prados-Torres
There is little verified information on global healthcare utilization by irregular migrants. Understanding how immigrants use healthcare services based on their needs is crucial to establish effective health policy. We compared healthcare utilization between irregular migrants, documented migrants, and Spanish nationals in a Spanish autonomous community. This retrospective, observational study inc...... hiện toàn bộ
Equity of the premium of the Ghanaian national health insurance scheme and the implications for achieving universal coverageSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 12 - Trang 1-9 - 2013
Eugenia Amporfu
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 authorities are unable to enforce mandatory nature of the scheme. The ultimate goal of the Scheme then is to provide all residents with acces...... hiện toàn bộ
Are health care inequalities unfair? A study on public attitudes in 23 countriesSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 15 - Trang 1-8 - 2016
Olaf von dem Knesebeck, Nico Vonneilich, Tae Jun Kim
In this article we focus on the following aims: (1) to analyze national and welfare state variations in the public perception of income-related health care inequalities, (2) to analyze associations of sociodemographic, socioeconomic, health-related, and health care factors with the perception of health care inequalities. Data were taken from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP), an ann...... hiện toàn bộ
Shaping health: conducting a community health needs assessment in culturally diverse peripheral population groupsSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 21 - Trang 1-13 - 2022
Nosaiba Rayan-Gharra, Marganit Ofir-Gutler, Sivan Spitzer
The impact of social determinants on health status and outcomes has been widely established. However, it is recognized that health systems' ability to address community health needs may be limited. To better understand the interrelation between social determinants of health and health outcomes, health systems need to understand the health concerns and needs of populations. The aim of this study wa...... hiện toàn bộ