Equity in health insurance schemes enrollment in low and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ensuring access to essential quality health services and reducing financial hardship for all individuals regardless of their ability to pay are the main goals of universal health coverage. Various health insurance schemes have been recently implemented in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to achieve both of these objectives. We systematically reviewed all available literature to assess the extent to which current health insurance schemes truly reach the poor and underserved populations in LMICs.

Methods

In the systematic review, we searched on PubMed, Web of Science, EconLit and Google Scholar to identify eligible studies which captured health insurance enrollment information in LMICs from 2010 up to September 2019. Two authors independently selected studie

SUBMITTER: Osei Afriyie D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8841076 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature