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Evaluating the Impact of the National Health Insurance Scheme of Ghana on Surgical Care

NCT03604458 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 203

Last updated 2018-07-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Ghana, a Low-Middle Income Country (LMIC) situated in the heart of West Africa started a national health insurance scheme in 2003.The scheme was designed to provide a comprehensive benefit package inclusive of surgical care and to protect against the need to pay out of pocket at the point of service. As of 2013, close to 40% of the population of Ghana was actively enrolled and ongoing plans to expand coverage by the government. This study tests the extent to which the national health insurance scheme of Ghana provides financial risk protection against catastrophic payments as a result of access to surgical care.

Conditions

  • General Surgery, Costs and Cost Analysis

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Fogarty International Center of the National Institute of Health

    collaborator NIH

  • University of California Global Health Institute - UCGloCal Program

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Brigham and Womens' Hospital, Center for Surgery and Public Health

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • UC Global Health Institute

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of California, San Francisco

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Juliet Okoroh, MD · University of California, San Francisco

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-02-01
Primary Completion
2017-10-01
Completion
2017-11-12

Countries

  • Ghana

Study Locations

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