Health insurance coverage, type of payment for health insurance, and reasons for not being insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana
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Health insurance coverage; Type of payment; Insured and uninsured; National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS); Ghana;All these keywords.
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