Improving Healthcare Utilization for Low Income Rural Households: Impact Of Social Insurance Policy

Prince Osei-Wusu Adjei*, David Forkuor**, & Foster Frempong***Abstract: This paper underscores the need for all-inclusive social insurance policy for health promotion amongst vulnerable households. It presents experiences from Ghana by analyzing how the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), introduced in 2003 to correct inequities and discrimination in organized healthcare utilization, is makin…