Seeking care in the context of social health insurance in Kenya and Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social Health Insurance (SHI) is widely used by countries attempting to move toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC). While evidence suggests that SHI is a promising strategy for achieving UHC, low-income countries often struggle to implement and sustain SHI systems. It is therefore important to understand how SHI enrollees use health insurance and how it affects their health-seeking behavior. This paper examines how SHI affects patient decision-making regarding when and where to seek care in Kenya and Ghana, two countries with established SHI systems in sub-Saharan Africa.

Methods

This paper draws from two datasets collected under the African Health Markets for Equity (AHME) program. One dataset, collected in 2013 and 2017 as part of the AHME qualitative evaluatio

SUBMITTER: Suchman L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7197151 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature