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Author D. Arhinful Title The solidarity of self-interest: Social and cultural feasibility of rural health insurance in Ghana Promotor S. van der Geest Co-promotor B. Criel Date 23-06-2003 Publisher African Studies Centre Place Leiden Year 2003 Pages 222 Faculty Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences Institute/dept. FMG: Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR) Classification - Document type Dissertation Download papers Thesis   Cover Titlepage Contents Figures and tables Acknowledgements Summary Samenvatting PART 1 GENERAL, HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXT 1 Introduction 2 Health Care in Ghana and how it was paid for: An Historical Perspective (1850-2001) 3 Overview of the three case studies 4 Traditional Social Security Mechanisms in Ghana PART 2 PRIMARY EMPIRICAL FINDINGS 5 Perceptions and cultural complexities of health insurance and traditional family support 6 Solidarity, self-interest and social health insurance 7 Health insurance and "the poor" 8 The role of the state in the making of community health insurance schemes 9 Summary and Conclusion References Appendix 1 Map of Ghana showing study areas Appendix 2: Tables of selected survey results. Appendix 3: Field protocols IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS FOR COMMUNITY/OPINION LEADERS FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS FOR HEALTH OFFICIALS OBSERVATION Social and Cultural feasibility of rural health insurance Ghana Survey questionnaire for Community and Health Staff Twi version of survey questionnaire Dangme version of survey questionnaire Cover Document finder Use this url to link to this page: http://dare.uva.nl/en/record/131414 Contact us about this recordNotify a colleague Add to bookbag

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