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The Health Sector in Ghana : A Comprehensive Assessment

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  • Karima Saleh

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Ghana has committed politically, legislatively, and fiscally to providing universal health insurance coverage for its population with the intent of reducing financial barriers to utilization of health care.. However, under current cost and enrollment projections the system will not be financially sustainable in the long term, so there is more work to do. This book provides an important evidence-based review of the current performance of Ghana's health system and options for reform. As such, it provides an overall picture of the Ghana health sector, how things were and how things have changed, as well as a situational analysis of the performance of the health delivery and health financing systems using the latest available data. Finally, it discusses key reform issues and options in the context of the country's likely fiscal space. An important and valuable contribution of this book is its examination of how Ghana is performing compared to its neighboring countries and compared to other countries with similar incomes and health spending, providing global benchmarks for Ghana's health system performance.

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  • Karima Saleh, 2013. "The Health Sector in Ghana : A Comprehensive Assessment," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 12297.
    • Handle: RePEc:wbk:wbpubs:12297
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    1. Philip Ayizem Dalinjong & Alex Y. Wang & Caroline S. E. Homer, 2017. "The operations of the free maternal care policy and out of pocket payments during childbirth in rural Northern Ghana," Health Economics Review, Springer, vol. 7(1), pages 1-9, December.
    2. Augustine Asante & Jennifer Price & Andrew Hayen & Stephen Jan & Virginia Wiseman, 2016. "Equity in Health Care Financing in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review of Evidence from Studies Using Benefit and Financing Incidence Analyses," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(4), pages 1-20, April.
    3. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), 2016. "Global Nutrition Report 2016: From Promise to Impact: Ending Malnutrition by 2030," IFPRI books, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), number 978-0-89629-584-1.
    4. Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai, 2018. "The political economy of maternal healthcare in Ghana," Global Development Institute Working Paper Series esid-107-18, GDI, The University of Manchester.
    5. Emily Gustafsson-Wright & Gosia Popławska & Zlata Tanović & Jacques Gaag, 2018. "The impact of subsidized private health insurance and health facility upgrades on healthcare utilization and spending in rural Nigeria," International Journal of Health Economics and Management, Springer, vol. 18(3), pages 221-276, September.
    6. John Kuumuori Ganle & Raymond Fitzpatrick & Easmon Otupiri & Michael Parker, 2016. "Addressing health system barriers to access to and use of skilled delivery services: perspectives from Ghana," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 31(4), pages 235-253, October.
    7. Agar Brugiavini & Noemi Pace, 2016. "Extending health insurance in Ghana: effects of the National Health Insurance Scheme on maternity care," Health Economics Review, Springer, vol. 6(1), pages 1-10, December.
    8. Robert Opoku & Padmore Adusei Amoah & Kingsley Atta Nyamekye, 2021. "Examining the incentives and disincentives in the maintenance of Insecticide‐Treated Nets among householders in Ghana," International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(6), pages 2263-2276, November.
    9. Padmore Adusei Amoah & Joseph Edusei & David Amuzu, 2018. "Social Networks and Health: Understanding the Nuances of Healthcare Access between Urban and Rural Populations," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(5), pages 1-15, May.

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