eBook

The health sector in ghana

Saleh, Karima

2012,2013

Overview

Ghana has committed politically, legislatively, and fiscally to providing universal health insurance coverage for its population with the intent of reducing financial barriers to utilization of health care.. However, under current cost and enrollment projections the system will not be financially sustainable in the long term, so there is more work to do. This book provides an important evidence-based review of the current performance of Ghana's health system and options for reform. As such, it provides an overall picture of the Ghana health sector, how things were and how things have changed, as well as a situational analysis of the performance of the health delivery and health financing systems using the latest available data. Finally, it discusses key reform issues and options in the context of the country's likely fiscal space. An important and valuable contribution of this book is its examination of how Ghana is performing compared to its neighboring countries and compared to other countries with similar incomes and health spending, providing global benchmarks for Ghana's health system performance.

• Publisher: THE WORLD BANK,World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC: World Bank
• Subject: ACCESS TO DRUGS / ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES / ACCESS TO OBSTETRIC CARE / ACCESS TO SERVICES / ADVERSE SELECTION / AGE STRUCTURE / ANTENATAL CARE / BEDS / BIRTH ATTENDANTS / BIRTH CONTROL / BIRTH RATE / BUS068000 - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / CAPITA HEALTH SPENDING / CAPITAL INVESTMENTS / CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES / CATASTROPHIC EXPENDITURE / CAUSES OF DEATH / CHILD HEALTH / CHILD NUTRITION / CITIES / CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS / CLINICS / COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL / COMMUNICABLE DISEASES / COMPETENCIES / COMPLICATIONS / CONDOMS / CONTRACEPTIVES / COST SHARING / COUNSELING / DEATH RATE / DEATHS / DECISION MAKING / DELIVERY SYSTEMS / DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES / DEPENDENCY RATIO / Development / DIABETES / DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM / DOCTORS / Economic Development / ECONOMIES OF SCALE / EMPLOYMENT / EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHANGES / EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRANSITION / EQUITY IN ACCESS / ESSENTIAL DRUGS / ESSENTIAL MEDICINES / EXPENDITURES / FAMILIES / FAMILY PLANNING / FEE FOR SERVICE / FEE-FOR-SERVICE PAYMENT / FINANCIAL BARRIERS / FINANCIAL INCENTIVES / FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT / FINANCIAL PROTECTION / Financial Protection-Sub-saharan Africa-International Comparison-Ghana-Reform Options-Health Delivery System-Health Systems Performance-Universal Coverage-Health Financing-National Health Insurance-Health Status / FINANCIAL RISK / FINANCIAL RISK PROTECTION / FORECASTS / GENDER INEQUITY / GENERIC DRUGS / Ghana / Ghana -- Statistics, Medical / GOVERNMENT AGENCIES / GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT / HEALTH ADMINISTRATION / HEALTH BUDGETS / HEALTH CARE / Health Care Delivery / HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS / HEALTH CARE SPENDING / HEALTH CARE WORKERS / HEALTH CENTERS / HEALTH CLINICS / HEALTH CONDITIONS / HEALTH COST / HEALTH COVERAGE / HEALTH DELIVERY / HEALTH DELIVERY SYSTEM / HEALTH ECONOMICS / HEALTH EXPENDITURE / HEALTH EXPENDITURES / HEALTH EXPENDITURES PER CAPITA / HEALTH FACILITIES / HEALTH FINANCING / HEALTH FINANCING SYSTEM / HEALTH INFORMATION / HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS / HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE / HEALTH INSTITUTIONS / HEALTH INSURANCE / HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME / HEALTH MANAGEMENT / HEALTH NEEDS / HEALTH ORGANIZATION / HEALTH OUTCOMES / HEALTH PLANNING / HEALTH POLICY / HEALTH PROFESSIONS / HEALTH PROMOTION / HEALTH PROVIDERS / HEALTH REFORM / HEALTH SECTOR / HEALTH SECTOR REFORM / HEALTH SERVICE / HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY / HEALTH SERVICE UTILIZATION / HEALTH SERVICES / HEALTH STATUS / HEALTH SYSTEM / HEALTH SYSTEM PERFORMANCE / HEALTH SYSTEMS / HEALTH WORKERS / HEALTH WORKFORCE / Health, Nutrition, and Population / HIV/AIDS / HOSPITAL / HOSPITAL CARE / HOSPITALS / HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE / HOUSEHOLD INCOME / HUMAN DEVELOPMENT / HUMAN RESOURCES / HYPERTENSION / ILLNESS / IMMUNIZATION / IMMUNODEFICIENCY / INCENTIVE SCHEMES / INCENTIVE STRUCTURES / INCENTIVES FOR PROVIDERS / INCOME / INCOME COUNTRIES / INCOME GROUPS / INDUCED DEMAND / INFECTIOUS DISEASES / INFORMAL SECTOR / INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS / INFORMATION SYSTEM / INJURIES / INSURANCE FUNDS / LABOR MARKET / LAWS / LEGAL STATUS / LIFE EXPECTANCY / LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH / LIVING STANDARDS / MALARIA / MATERNAL DEATHS / MATERNAL MORTALITY / MED035000 - MEDICAL / Medical care / Medical care -- Ghana / MEDICAL EQUIPMENT / Medical policy / Medical policy -- Ghana / MEDICINES / MIDWIVES / MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS / MINISTRY OF HEALTH / MORAL HAZARD / MORBIDITY / MORTALITY / MORTALITY RATE / NATIONAL HEALTH / NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE / NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE FUND / NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY / NEONATAL CARE / NURSES / NUTRITION / OBESITY / OBSTETRIC SERVICES / OUTPATIENT CARE / PARASITIC DISEASES / PATIENT / PATIENTS / PHARMACISTS / PHYSICIAN / PHYSICIANS / POCKET PAYMENTS / POLICY MAKERS / POPULATION CHALLENGES / POPULATION DISTRIBUTION / POPULATION DYNAMICS / PREGNANT WOMEN / PREVENTIVE TREATMENT / PRIMARY HEALTH CARE / PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES / PRIVATE HOSPITALS / PRIVATE PHARMACIES / PRIVATE SCHEMES / PRIVATE SECTOR / PRIVATE SECTORS / PROVIDER PAYMENT / PROVISION OF SERVICES / PUBLIC EXPENDITURE / PUBLIC HEALTH / Public health -- Ghana / PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES / PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS / PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES / PUBLIC HEALTH SPENDING / PUBLIC PROVIDERS / PUBLIC SCHEME / PUBLIC SECTOR / Public Sector Development / PUBLIC SPENDING / QUALITY CONTROL / QUALITY OF HEALTH / QUALITY OF LIFE / RURAL DEVELOPMENT / SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANTS / Social Protections and Labor / SOCIAL SECURITY / SOCIAL WELFARE / Statistics, Medical / TEACHING HOSPITALS / TUBERCULOSIS / UNIVERSAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE / URBAN BIAS / WORK EXPERIENCE / WORKERS / WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
• ISBN: 9780821395998, 0821396005, 9780821396001, 0821395998