Anthony Kusi
Biographic Data
| ID | 1446710 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anthony Kusi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anthony |
| FAMILY NAME | Kusi |
| SIGNATURE | KUSI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ghana |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Refusal to enrol in Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme
Affordability of full insurance would be a burden on households with low socio-economic status and large household size. Innovative measures are needed to encourage abled households to enrol. Policy should aim at abolishing the registration fee for children, pricing insurance according to socio-economic status of households and addressing the inimical non-financial factors to increase NHIS coverage
The Experience of Ghana in Implementing a User Fee Exemption Policy to Provide Free Delivery Care
In resource-poor countries, the high cost of user fees for deliveries limits access to skilled attendance, and contributes to maternal and neonatal mortality and the impoverishment of vulnerable households. A growing number of countries are experimenting with different approaches to tackling financial barriers to maternal health care. This paper describes an innovative scheme introduced in Ghana in 2003 to exempt all pregnant women from payments …
The Experience of Ghana in Implementing a User Fee Exemption Policy to Provide Free Delivery Care
In resource-poor countries, the high cost of user fees for deliveries limits access to skilled attendance, and contributes to maternal and neonatal mortality and the impoverishment of vulnerable households. A growing number of countries are experimenting with different approaches to tackling financial barriers to maternal health care. This paper describes an innovative scheme introduced in Ghana in 2003 to exempt all pregnant women from payments …
The Experience of Ghana in Implementing a User Fee Exemption Policy to Provide Free Delivery Care
In resource-poor countries, the high cost of user fees for deliveries limits access to skilled attendance, and contributes to maternal and neonatal mortality and the impoverishment of vulnerable households. A growing number of countries are experimenting with different approaches to tackling financial barriers to maternal health care. This paper describes an innovative scheme introduced in Ghana in 2003 to exempt all pregnant women from payments …
Refusal to enrol in Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme
Affordability of full insurance would be a burden on households with low socio-economic status and large household size. Innovative measures are needed to encourage abled households to enrol. Policy should aim at abolishing the registration fee for children, pricing insurance according to socio-economic status of households and addressing the inimical non-financial factors to increase NHIS coverage
Economic growth (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Healthcare Systems and Reforms (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Attendance (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Environmental health (1 works) · Finance (1 works)