What is the impact of social health protection on access to health care, health expenditure, and impoverishment?: a comparative analysis of three African countries

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cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.countrySenegal
cg.coverage.countrySouth Africa
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2SN
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZA
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Archiveen
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.placeGeneva, Switzerlanden
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorScheil-Adlung, Xeniaen
dc.contributor.authorAsfaw, Abayen
dc.contributor.authorBooyse, Frikkieen
dc.contributor.authorLamiraud, Karineen
dc.contributor.authorReynaud, Emmanuelen
dc.contributor.authorJütting, Johannesen
dc.contributor.authorXu, Keen
dc.contributor.authorCarrin, Guyen
dc.contributor.authorChatterji, Somnathen
dc.contributor.authorEvans, Daviden
dc.contributor.authorJames, Chrisen
dc.contributor.authorMuchiri, Stephenen
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-29T12:59:26Zen
dc.date.available2025-01-29T12:59:26Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/172148
dc.titleWhat is the impact of social health protection on access to health care, health expenditure, and impoverishment?: a comparative analysis of three African countriesen
dcterms.abstractRecently, there is an increasing focus on social health protection via health insurance as a potential promising way to better to deal with health risks in developing countries. However, the empirical basis for a profound analysis of the effects of health insurance is still very thin. Against this background the ILO, WHO, and the OECD Development Centre sponsored by GTZ have undertaken a collaborative research project in this field. This paper summarizes the results of three individual research projects (Asfaw, 2005; Lamiraud et al., 2005; Xu et al., 2005) measuring the impact of membership in a health insurance scheme in three African countries, namely Kenya, Senegal and South Africa. The structure of the paper is as follows. The first section of this paper is briefly outlining the health care systems in Kenya, Senegal and South Africa followed by a short description of the methodology and data used. The later sections focus on empirical results and policy implications.en
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dcterms.bibliographicCitationScheil-Adlung, Xenia; Asfaw, Abay; Booyse, Frikkie; Lamiraud, Karine; Reynaud, Emmanuel; Jütting, Johannes; Xu, Ke; Carrin, Guy; Chatterji, Somnath; Evans, David; James, Chris; Muchiri, Stephen. 2006. What is the impact of social health protection on access to health care, health expenditure, and impoverishment? a comparative analysis of three African countries. EIP/HSF/DP Discussion Paper Number 2en
dcterms.isPartOfEIP/HSF/DP Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued2006en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherWorld Health Organizationen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/1349en
dcterms.subjecthealth economicsen
dcterms.subjectpovertyen
dcterms.subjectsocial protectionen
dcterms.subjectinsuranceen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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