Impact evaluation of a social protection programme paired with fee waivers on enrolment in Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:The study aimed to understand the impact of integrating a fee waiver for the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) with Ghana's Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) 1000 cash transfer programme on health insurance enrolment. SETTING:The study was conducted in five districts implementing Ghana's LEAP 1000 programme in Northern and Upper East Regions. PARTICIPANTS:Women, from LEAP households, who were pregnant or had a child under 1 year and who participated in baseline and 24-month surveys (2497) participated in the study. INTERVENTION:LEAP provides bimonthly cash payments combined with a premium waiver for enrolment in NHIS to extremely poor households with orphans and vulnerable children, elderly with no productive capacity and persons with severe disability. LEAP 10

SUBMITTER: Palermo TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6858157 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature