Supporting a review of the benefits package of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although Ghana is lauded for its National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), concerns exist about the scheme's functioning and sustainability. An often-cited issue-contributing to the scheme's decreasing membership, long-standing financial deficit, and frequent out-of-pocket payments among members-is the large benefits package (BP). While, on paper, the BP covers over 95% of the conditions occurring in Ghana, its design was not informed by any budget analysis, nor any systematic prioritization of interventions. This paper aims to provide evidence-based input into ongoing discussions regarding a review of the NHIS benefits package.

Methods

An existing analytic framework is used to calculate net health benefit (NHB) for a range of interventions in order to assess their

SUBMITTER: Vellekoop H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9287965 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature