EricAgyemang/National-Health-Insurance-Scheme-Repo

The influence of national health insurance scheme on the quality of health care in wenchi municipality of Ghana (ACT 493, UDS-Ghana) # PROJECT # National-Health-Insurance-Scheme-Repo # Description The influence of national health insurance scheme on the quality of health care in wenchi municipality of Ghana (ACT 493, UDS-Ghana) # SUMMARY OF PROJECT The increasing cost of healthcare delivery has become a major issue in both the developed and developing countries. Resultantly, health policy makers are faced with competing alternatives for the systems of healthcare financing. Health Insurance scheme is seen as viable alternative to providing a more sustainable and equitable health delivery system in countries. This study examined the influence of National Health Insurance Scheme on the quality of healthcare delivery in the Wenchi municipality in the Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana. The study adopted quantitative and qualitative techniques through structured questionnaires and in-depth interviews for respondents who are insured on the NHIS and those who had not in four (two urban and two rural) selected communities in the Wenchi Municipality. A total of 330 structured questionnaires were administered to respondents. A binary logit model anda Mann Whitney U test were used to analyse the data using SPSS version 16 and Minitab. Findings from the study showed that socio-economic and demographic characteristics of the people such as; age, sex, educational status, employment status, income status, health status, distance to NHIS accredited health facilities and type of health facility mostly attended, negatively influenced enrollment of the people on to the scheme with sex and educational status significant at 5% level while health status, distance to NHIS accredited health facilities, type of health facility mostly attended, were highly significant at 1% level. However, age, employment status, and income status were not significant. All these had a negative influence on the enrollment of people regarding the scheme. On the other hand, marital status highly significant at 1% and premium of the scheme not s …