| Autor: |
Daniel Amoak, Joseph Asumah Braimah, Williams Agyemang-Duah, Yujiro Sano, Roger Antabe, Ebenezer Dassah |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2024 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
BMC Primary Care, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2731-4553 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s12875-024-02535-w |
| Popis: |
Abstract Older people with food insecurity in Ghana are often exposed to poor health conditions, highlighting the importance of the National health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) enrolment for ensuring they receive necessary medical attention through access to health care services. However, we know very little about the association between food insecurity and National Health Insurance Scheme enrolment among older people in Ghana. To address this void in the literature, this study uses a representative survey of adults aged 60 or older from three regions in Ghana (i.e., Upper West, Bono, and Greater Accra regions (n = 1,073)). We find that 77% of older adults reported not being enrolled into the NHIS. Results from logistic regression analysis show that older people who experienced severe household food insecurity were less likely to enroll in the National Health Insurance Scheme than those who did not experience any food insecurity (OR = 0.48 p |
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