Joseph Kwame Wulifan

Challenges and Prospects of Health Insurance Schemes in the U-w / Region: a Cross-sectional Study of Nadowli District Scheme Joseph Kwame Wulifan

The Challenges & Prospects of District-wide Mutual Health Insurance Schemes in the Upper West Region: A Cross Sectional Study of Nadowli District Scheme is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of how Healthcare is financed under the National Health Insurance concept in Nadowli District since its inception in 2003. The study was a descriptive cross-sectional in design aimed at eliciting information about perception of community members, the health facility, and the scheme about premium levels, benefit package, quality of service, funding of scheme and dependency of exempted registrants on the scheme. The study employed questionnaires administered to households, health facilities and scheme managers. The study identified the challenges & prospects of Nadowli DWMHIS and made recommendations to improve sustainability. This book offers guidance to Health Insurance Practitioners, Managers, Researchers, Students and Policy Makers on how to manage Insurance Schemes in other to ensure viability and sustainability. This book sets standard, both in theory and practice, for future work in field of Health insurance and Healthcare financing in Ghana and other developing countries.