Pooling resources to pay for healthcare services and attain universal health coverage is a
viable global agenda, especially for underdeveloped health systems. Ethiopia has …

Background Owing to lack of adequate healthcare financing, access to at least the basic
health services is still a problem in Ethiopia. With the intention of raising funds and ensuring …

The goal of health care financing in Ethiopia is achieving universal health care coverage by
community-based health insurance which was expected to cover more than eighty percent …

Background Globally, millions of people suffer and die because they do not have the money
to pay for health care. A voluntary health insurance scheme is a prepayment mechanism to …

Background The risks associated with direct health spending are high in Cameroon, where
almost all household income is spent on health care. Moreover, there is no real social …

Background Globally, about 1.3 billion people lack access to effective and affordable
healthcare and 150 million people in 44 million households face financial catastrophe …

Background Out-of-pocket payments are the major significant barrier in achieving universal
health coverage, particularly in develo** countries' rural communities. In 2011, the …

Background In sub-Saharan Africa, out-of-pocket expenditures constitute approximately
40% of total healthcare expenditures, imposing huge financial burdens on the poor. To …

Willingness and ability to pay for insurance that would cover primary healthcare services has
not been evaluated consistently in different African communities. We conducted a cross …

Abstract Background Sustained financing for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has been a
concern for the Cameroon government. Household contributions have been considered as a …