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Assessing the impoverishment effects of out-of-pocket healthcare payments prior to the uptake of the national health insurance scheme in Ghana

Author: Akazili, James ; Ataguba, John Ele-Ojo ; Kanmiki, Edmund Wedam ; Gyapong, John ; Sankoh, Osman ; Oduro, Abraham ; McIntyre, Di Date: 22 May 2017 Background: There is a global concern regarding how households could be protected from relatively large healthcare payments which are a major limitation to accessing healthcare. Such payments also endanger the welfare of households with the ... Read more
Economic costs of seeking malaria care to households in the Kassena-Nankana district of Northern Ghana

Author: Akazili, James Date: 2000 Although, malaria is a major problem in Ghana, as III many Sub-Saharan Africa countries, there has been little research on its economlC impact, particularly at the household level. National statistics only show that malaria accounted for more ... Read more
Equity in Health Care Financing in Ghana

Author: Akazili, James Date: 2010 Financial risk protection against the cost of unforeseen ill health has become a global concern as expressed in the 2005 World Health Assembly resolution (WHA58.33), which urges its member states to "plan the transition to universal coverage ... Read more
Informal workers’ access to health care services: findings from a qualitative study in the Kassena-Nankana districts of Northern Ghana

Author: Akazili, James ; Chatio, Samuel ; Ataguba, John E ; Agorinya, Isaiah ; Kanmiki, Edmund W ; Sankoh, Osman ; Oduro, Abraham Date: 16 May 2018 Background Over the past two decades, employment in the informal sector has grown rapidly in all regions including low and middle-income countries. In the developing countries, between 50 and 75% of workers are employed in ... Read more
Socioeconomic-related health inequality in South Africa: evidence from General Household Surveys

Author: Ataguba, John ; Akazili, James ; McIntyre, Di Date: 2011 BACKGROUND:Inequalities in health have received considerable attention from health scientists and economists. In South Africa, inequalities exist in socio-economic status (SES) and in access to basic social services and are exacerbated by ... Read more c b
Who pays for health care in Ghana?

Author: Akazili, James ; Gyapong, John ; McIntyre, Diane Date: 2011 BACKGROUND:Financial protection against the cost of unforeseen ill health has become a global concern as expressed in the 2005 World Health Assembly resolution (WHA58.33), which urges its member states to "plan the transition to universal ... Read more c b