Evaluation of the National Health Insurance Program of Nepal: are political promises translated into actions?

GN Khanal, B Bharadwaj, N Upadhyay… - Health research policy …, 2023 - Springer
Background Despite political promise to reduce out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditure on
healthcare through the National Health Insurance Program (NHIP) of Nepal, its …

Predictors of national health insurance membership among the poor with different education levels in Indonesia

NK Putri, AD Laksono, N Rohmah - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Indonesia has made significant progress in expanding universal health
coverage (UHC) through its National Health Insurance (NHI) mechanism. However, in the …

The effects of individual and community-level factors on community-based health insurance enrollment of households in Ethiopia

YA Moyehodie, SS Mulugeta, S Amare Yilema - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Community-based health insurance (CBHI) is a type of volunteer health
insurance that has been adopted all over the world in which people of the community pool …

Socioeconomic and demographic correlates of child nutritional status in Nepal: an investigation of heterogeneous effects using quantile regression

UP Bhusal, VP Sapkota - Globalization and Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Child undernutrition continues to be a major public health problem in many
countries, including Nepal. The repercussions of undernutrition are not only limited to the …

User satisfaction with the National Health Insurance Program: A community-based survey from the Ilam district of Nepal

R Shrestha, A Shakya, P Khanal, VK Khanal, N Jha… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Background The Government of Nepal initiated a family-based National Health Insurance
Program (NHIP) in April 2016, aiming to ensure universal health coverage (UHC) by …

Undernutrition inequality between Dalits and non-Dalits in Nepal–A decomposition analysis

H Sharma, F Smieliauskas - World Development, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Although Nepal has made substantial progress in child health over the
years, there are concerns about whether marginalized (Dalits) groups have made …

[HTML][HTML] Toward Universal Health Coverage: What Socioeconomic and Clinical Factors Influence Health Insurance Coverage and Restrictions in Access to Viral …

VA Adepoju, DC Udah, CA Ezenwa, J Ganiyu… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: Viral hepatitis B and C (HBV and HCV) pose significant public health concern
in Nigeria, where access to healthcare and treatment affordability are limited. This study …

A Comparative Analysis of Factors Influencing the Sustainability of the Abia State Health Insurance Agency: Insights From Rural-Urban Abia State

UH Ikechukwu, UN Ofonime, IBN Joy… - … : The Journal of …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The goal of the Abia State Health Insurance Agency (ABSHIA) has been to increase
coverage since its implementation. However, the sustainability of the scheme is crucial to …

Poor and non-poor gap in under-five child nutrition: a case from Nepal using Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition approach

UP Bhusal - BMC Health Services Research, 2022 - Springer
Introduction Many low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) have improved health
indicators in the past decades, however, there is a differential in outcomes between …

[PDF][PDF] Social Health Insurance Policy of Nepal: Issue of Equity and Equality

R Ghimire, JK Singh, D Acharya - Asian Journal of Population …, 2024 - researchgate.net
Abstract The Government of Nepal implemented a social health insurance program (SHIP)
in 2016 to achieve Universal Health Coverage. The objective of this paper is to obtain the …