Health Financing in Ghana by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-8213-9566-0
Publisher: The World Bank
Published: 2012-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

• Act 650 sets out an elaborate governance and administrative set-up for the NHIS and establishes schemes that are protected within the existing Ministry of Health and local government structures, empowering districts, within central government guidelines, to govern the delivery of health services by contracting with providers.1

Weaknesses

• Across sectors, most government revenue in Ghana goes to labor (57 percent in 2008), leaving few resources for goods, services, and investment. The health sector accounted for 13 percent of public employment in 2008; salaries for public sector health workers accounted for 55 percent of recurrent Ministry of Health spending.

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