Healthcare financing barriers to emergency medical care: lived experiences of educational workers in Ghana

William Otu

Abstract


The increasing demand for emergency medical care among educational workers underscores the urgent need for effective healthcare financing strategies in Ghana's Eastern Region. This study contributes novel phenomenological insights into the healthcare financing experiences of public sector workers in sub-Saharan Africa, with implications for universal health coverage policies in resource-limited settings. Despite the critical role of educational workers in national development, no previous phenomenological studies have examined their lived experiences with emergency medical care financing in Ghana. This gap is particularly significant since public sector workers represent a unique population with guaranteed enrolment in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) yet persistent access barriers.

https://doi.org/10.26803/ijhss.17.2.3


Keywords


healthcare financing, emergency medical care, educational workers, National Health Insurance Scheme, universal health coverage.

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