ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2015
Relationship between Health Insurance Status and the Pattern of Traditional Medicine Utilisation in Ghana.
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- Indigenous Health Systems and Adolescent Sexual Health in Umguza and Mberengwa Districts of Zimbabwe: Community Key Stakeholders' Perspectives.Health services insights · 2021Article
- Health Insurance in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Scoping Review of the Methods Used to Evaluate its Impact.Applied health economics and health policy · 2020Article
- Seeking care from a traditional healer after injury in Sudan: an exploratory cross-sectional analysis.International health · 2020Article
- Implementation of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Ghana: Lessons for South Africa and Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2020Review
- Traditional, complementary and alternative medicine use in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.BMJ global health · 2018Article
- Unconventional medical practices among Ghanaian students: A university-based survey.Journal of traditional and complementary medicine · 2017Article
- Migrant female head porters' enrolment in and utilisation and renewal of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Kumasi, Ghana.Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health · 2017Article
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Abstract
This paper examines the relationship between national health insurance status and the pattern of traditional medicine (TRM) use among the general population in Ghana. A retrospective cross-sectional survey of randomly sampled adults, aged ≥18 years (N = 324), was conducted. The results indicate that TRM use was high with prevalence of over 86%. The study found no statistically significant association between national health insurance status and TRM utilisation (P > 0.05). Paradoxically, major sources of TRM, frequency of TRM use, comedical administration, and disclosure of TRM use to health care professionals differed significantly between the insured and uninsured subgroups (P < 0.001). Whereas effectiveness of TRM predicted its use for both insured [odds ratio (OR) = 4.374 (confidence interval (CI): 1.753-10.913; P = 0.002)] and uninsured [OR = 3.383 CI: 0.869-13.170; P = 0.039)], work experience predicted TRM use for the insured [OR = 1.528 (95% CI: 1.309-1.900; P = 0.019)]. Cultural specific variables and health philosophies rather than health insurance status may influence health care-seeking behaviour and TRM use. The enrollment of herbal-based therapies on the national health insurance medicine plan is exigent to ensure monitoring and rational use of TRM towards intercultural health care system in Ghana.
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