Can health insurance protect against out-of-pocket and catastrophic expenditures and also support poverty reduction? Evidence from Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme

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[2] Dahlgren G(2003)Catastrophe and impoverishment in paying for health care: with applications to Vietnam 1993–1998 Health Econ 12 921-934

[3] Evans T(2004)Do medical out-of-pocket expenses thrust families into poverty? J Health Care Poor Underserved 15 63-75

[4] Wagstaff A(2004)Out-of-pocket health expenditure and debt in poor households: evidence from Cambodia Trop Med Int Health 9 273-280

[5] Van Doorslaer E(2004)Escaping poverty and becoming poor: who gains, who loses and why? World Dev 32 121-136

[6] O’Hara B(2006)Pathways out of and into poverty in 36 villages of Andhra Pradesh India World Dev 34 271-288

[7] Van Damme W(2002)Preventing impoverishment through protection against catastrophic health expenditure Bull World Health Organ 80 612-150

[8] Krishna A(2002)Effectiveness of community health financing in meeting the cost of illness Bull World Health Organ 80 143-42

[9] Krishna A(2003)The impact of public voluntary health insurance on private health expenditures in Vietnam Soc Sci Med 56 333-447

[10] Kawabata K(2010)Health insurance for the poor: impact on catastrophic and out-of-pocket health expenditures in Mexico Eur J Health Econ 11 437-12

[1] Whitehead M(2001)Equity and health sector reforms: can low-income countries escape the medical poverty trap? Lancet 358 833-836

[2] Dahlgren G(2003)Catastrophe and impoverishment in paying for health care: with applications to Vietnam 1993–1998 Health Econ 12 921-934

[3] Evans T(2004)Do medical out-of-pocket expenses thrust families into poverty? J Health Care Poor Underserved 15 63-75

[4] Wagstaff A(2004)Out-of-pocket health expenditure and debt in poor households: evidence from Cambodia Trop Med Int Health 9 273-280

[5] Van Doorslaer E(2004)Escaping poverty and becoming poor: who gains, who loses and why? World Dev 32 121-136

[6] O’Hara B(2006)Pathways out of and into poverty in 36 villages of Andhra Pradesh India World Dev 34 271-288

[7] Van Damme W(2002)Preventing impoverishment through protection against catastrophic health expenditure Bull World Health Organ 80 612-150

[8] Krishna A(2002)Effectiveness of community health financing in meeting the cost of illness Bull World Health Organ 80 143-42

[9] Krishna A(2003)The impact of public voluntary health insurance on private health expenditures in Vietnam Soc Sci Med 56 333-447

[10] Kawabata K(2010)Health insurance for the poor: impact on catastrophic and out-of-pocket health expenditures in Mexico Eur J Health Econ 11 437-12