Out-of-Pocket Healthcare Payments Among Insured Hypertensive Patients in Ghana, 2022

Angela Nana Esi Ackon's dataset examines out-of-pocket payments among 389 hypertensive patients insured under Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme. The cross-sectional study was conducted at a referral hospital in Hohoe between February and May 2022. It reports that 97.2% of respondents made out-of-pocket payments, primarily for drugs, and analyzes associated financial difficulties.

Use Cases

• Assessing the prevalence of out-of-pocket payments based on the reported 97.2% rate among insured patients.
• Modeling factors associated with financial difficulty based on described logistic regression results like borrowing money or affecting hospital attendance.
• Evaluating the impact of insurance schemes on medication accessibility based on the finding that 97.1% of payments were for drugs.

Strengths

• Dataset is based on a specific sample of 389 hypertensive patients.
• Study period is clearly defined as February to May 2022.
• Analysis includes logistic regression results with specific odds ratios and confidence intervals.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Geographic scope is limited to a single referral hospital in Hohoe, Ghana.

Provenance

Source

Angela Nana Esi Ackon

Collection Method

Cross-sectional study using a structured questionnaire.

Time Range

February to May 2022

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 17:55:15; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Hohoe, Ghana