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Factors that affect the uptake of community-based health insurance in low-income and middle-income countries : a systematic protocol
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Adebayo, E. F., Ataguba, J. E., Uthman, Olalekan A., Okwundu, C. I., Lamont, K. T. and Wiysonge, C. S. (2014) Factors that affect the uptake of community-based health insurance in low-income and middle-income countries : a systematic protocol. BMJ Open, Volume 4 (Number 2). Article number e004167. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004167
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004167
Abstract
Many people residing in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) are regularly exposed to catastrophic healthcare expenditure. It is therefore pertinent that LMICs should finance their health systems in ways that ensure that their citizens can use needed healthcare services and are protected from potential impoverishment arising from having to pay for services. Ways of financing health systems include government funding, health insurance schemes and out-of-pocket payment. A health insurance scheme refers to pooling of prepaid funds in a way that allows for risks to be shared. The health insurance scheme particularly suitable for the rural poor and the informal sector in LMICs is community-based health insurance (CBHI), that is, insurance schemes operated by organisations other than governments or private for-profit companies. We plan to search for and summarise currently available evidence on factors associated with the uptake of CBHI, as we are not aware of previous systematic reviews that have looked at this important topic.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Health insurance -- Developing countries, Systematic reviews (Medical research), Medical care -- Utilization -- Developing countries | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | BMJ Open | ||||
| Publisher: | BMJ | ||||
| ISSN: | 2044-6055 | ||||
| Official Date: | 14 February 2014 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 4 | ||||
| Number: | Number 2 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 5 | ||||
| Article Number: | Article number e004167 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004167 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | ||||
| Funder: | National Research Foundation (South Africa) (NRF) | ||||
| Grant number: | UID 85493 (NRF) |
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