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Treatment-seeking behaviour among persons with chronic diseases in Ghana: Does national health insurance status matter?

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This paper examines the effect of national health insurance on the choice of healthcare facility among diabetic and hypertensive patients in Ghana. The data for this paper came from a secondary source, and the conditional mixed processing approach was utilised to investigate the influence of health insurance status on healthcare facility choice among diabetic and hypertension patients. The study reveals that when compared with uninsured individuals suffering from hypertension/diabetes, insured individuals are more likely to attend formal healthcare facilities and herbal clinics/hospitals and less likely to attend traditional/spiritual healing centres instead of chemical shop/self-care. This work addresses the problem of unobserved heterogeneity (selection bias) by employing the conditional mixed processing approach to account for the potential that health insurance is endogenous to the choice of healthcare facility, which if not accounted for might lead to biased estimates.

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  • Kofi Osei Adu, 2022. "Treatment-seeking behaviour among persons with chronic diseases in Ghana: Does national health insurance status matter?," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(2), pages 224-236, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:39:y:2022:i:2:p:224-236
    DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2021.1980373
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