The impact of the national health insurance Scheme on the productivity of cassava farmers in Ghana: evidence from the central and eastern Regions

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dc.contributor.authorAwuku, M.O.
dc.contributor.authorNketiah- Amponsah, E.
dc.contributor.authorOsei- Akoto, I.
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-20T16:55:20Z
dc.date.available2020-02-20T16:55:20Z
dc.date.issued2015-04-17
dc.descriptionSchool of social sciences colloquiumen_US
dc.description.abstractHealth insurance is a humanitarian and affordable way of financing health care services to all. With the main aim of NHIS being the provision of easy. equitable access to health care especially in the rural areas and also the fact that every citizen is taxed with an NHIS levy. it is expected that most. if not all. of the citizens in the country especially the rural areas will enrol. But this is not so. especially among the poorest quintile in most studies. The study therefore estimates the factors that influence the decision to participate. the impact of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on cassava productivity as well as ranking of the constraints to NHIS participation of farmers in the Ayensuano district and Mfantsiman municipal in the Eastern and Central regions of Ghana respectively. The study employed the logit. propensity score matching and the Garret ranking techniques for its analyses. Results from the study reveals that participation in NHIS increases farmers' productivity by approximately 15 bags of cassava per the production year. The significant factors that determine participation in NHIS include income. social capital. gender. health status. awareness. religion. extension contact and distance. Delay in the issue of health insurance cards is the main problem faced by farmers in the study area. The study recommends that the N H IS which is mandatory by law should be enforced on the whole population especially on farmers.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/34882
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Ghanaen_US
dc.subjecthumanitarianen_US
dc.subjectNational Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)en_US
dc.subjectgenderen_US
dc.subjectquintileen_US
dc.titleThe impact of the national health insurance Scheme on the productivity of cassava farmers in Ghana: evidence from the central and eastern Regionsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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