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An exploratory study of the policy process and early implementation of the free NHIS coverage for pregnant women in Ghana

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal for Equity in Health, February 2013
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Title
An exploratory study of the policy process and early implementation of the free NHIS coverage for pregnant women in Ghana
Published in
International Journal for Equity in Health, February 2013
DOI 10.1186/1475-9276-12-16
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Authors

Sophie Witter, Bertha Garshong, Valéry Ridde

Abstract

Pregnant women were offered free access to health care through National Health Insurance (NHIS) membership in Ghana in 2008, in the latest phase of policy reforms to ensure universal access to maternal health care. During the same year, free membership was made available to all children (under-18). This article presents an exploratory qualitative analysis of how the policy of free maternal membership was developed and how it is being implemented.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Ghana 4 1%
Canada 2 <1%
Colombia 1 <1%
Belgium 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 258 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 80 30%
Student > Ph. D. Student 32 12%
Researcher 26 10%
Lecturer 16 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 16 6%
Other 45 17%
Unknown 52 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 65 24%
Social Sciences 52 19%
Nursing and Health Professions 40 15%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 11 4%
Business, Management and Accounting 9 3%
Other 33 12%
Unknown 57 21%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 December 2021.
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#7,960,052
of 25,373,627 outputs
Outputs from International Journal for Equity in Health
#1,250
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Outputs of similar age
#63,616
of 205,188 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal for Equity in Health
#8
of 17 outputs
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