Health Financing in Ghana

Schieber, George; Cashin, Cheryl; Saleh, Karima; Lavado, Rouselle

Health Financing in Ghana

2012

Schieber, George | Cashin, Cheryl | Saleh, Karima | Lavado, Rouselle

The report is divided into five chapters. This chapter provides background on demographic and epidemiological trends, the configuration of Ghana's health system, and health financing functions and health systems goals. It also describes Ghana's health financing system. Chapter two assesses the performance of Ghana's health system with respect to these goals through international comparisons of health outcomes, inputs, spending, and financial protection as well as time series comparisons of trends in other countries in Africa. Chapter three identifies the strengths and weaknesses of Ghana's health system, which determine Ghana's health reform baseline. Chapter four analyzes the sustainability of the National Health Insurance Scheme, or NHIS in the context of Ghana's future fiscal space, based on Ghana's new standing as a lower-middle-income country. Chapter five analyzes major structural and operational reform options that will help ensure the long-term efficacy and sustainability of the NHIS.

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Washington, DC: World Bank

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Managed care; Financial protection; Health care utilization; Population groups; Primary care; Catastrophic expenditure; Health financing system; Capita health expenditure; Health reform; Health insurance schemes; Referrals; Health organization; Health expenditures; Life expectancy; Health workers; Public spending; Health insurance plans; Public policy; Cost control; Public health programs; Life expectancy at birth; Health promotion; Private insurance; Public expenditure on health; Progress; Millennium development goal; Public health expenditures; National health; Life years; Labor market; Health sector workers; Development goals; Health management; Health programs; Health delivery; Illness; Health workforce; Resource constraints; Health care financing; Health care resources; Availability of drugs; Vulnerable populations; Hospital care; Health outcomes; Expenditures; Health care workers; Legal requirements; Health reforms; Health insurance system; Public health spending; Labor force; Teaching hospitals; Ministry of health; Public health care; Public health expenditure; Medical services; Health financing; Income countries; Community health; Health planning; Indexes; Burden of disease; Hospital beds; Health sector; Insurance market; Universal health insurance coverage; Capitation; Contraceptive prevalence; Fee-for-service system; Health coverage; Capitation payment; Health system performance; Essential drugs; Health data; Financial resources; Share of health spending; Treatments; Health centers; Physician; National health service; Pharmacists; Fee-for-service payment; Administrative costs; National health insurance; Number of people; Health spending; Maternal mortality ratio; Private spending; Health service delivery; Health purchaser; Birth attendants; Use of resources; Financial management; Human development; Pharmacy; Health care providers; Vulnerable groups; Financial risk; Financing policies; Information system; Epidemiological transition; Induced demand; Provider payment; Health care provider; Work experience; Health insurance program; Drug list; Respect; Visits; Public health insurance; Injuries; Health infrastructure; Determinants of health; Essential health services; Social health insurance; Disability; National health insurance fund; Maternal mortality; Informal payments; Service utilization; Under-five mortality; Birth rates; Informal sector workers; Health financing reform; Enrollees; Health systems; Health expenditure per capita; Health system; Nurses; Psychiatric hospitals; Health facilities; Medical doctor; Health insurance scheme; Health service providers; Financial risk protection; Regulatory agencies; Health care work; Low-income countries; Free care; Cost-effectiveness; Pocket payments; Health expenditure; International comparisons; Fee-for-service; Public insurance; Outpatient services; Level of health spending; Cost sharing; Health providers; Health policy; Capita health spending; Mortality rate; Delivery system; Referral system

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Directions in development ; human developmenthttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igoWorld BankCC BY 3.0 IGO

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8213-9566

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Directions in development ; human development

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2012

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