Article on Impact of Mutual Health Organizations in West Africa Published in Health Policy and Planning
May 23 2008
Mutual health organizations (MHOs) are voluntary membership organizations providing health insurance services to their members. MHOs aim to increase access to health care by reducing out-of-pocket payments faced by households. Health Systems 20/20 and Abt staff members Slavea Chankova, Sara Sulzbach, and François Diop co-authored an article entitled "Impact of Mutual Health Organizations: Evidence from West Africa" recently published in Health Policy and Planning.
The article is based on studies in Ghana, Mali, and Senegal
that investigate the determinants of enrollment in MHOs and the impact of MHO membership on out-of-pocket health care expenditures for outpatient care and hospitalization.
For access to the full text article, visit
http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/czn011
Source: Health Systems 20/20
