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The National Health Insurance Fund ( NHIF) is a Kenya government state corporation with a mandate to provide health insurance to Kenyans. [2] The core business and mandate for NHIF is to provide accessible, affordable, sustainable and quality health insurance for all Kenyan citizens. The National Hospital Insurance Fund has published new NHIF ...
Health insurance coverage. Health insurance coverage is still low in Tanzania. As of 2019, 32% of Tanzanians had health insurance coverage, of which 8% have subscribed to NHIF, 23% are members of Community Health Fund (CHF), and 1% are members of private health insurance companies. [21] Beneficiaries of NHIF includes the contributing members ...
The NHIF Civil Servants Scheme Scandal is an alleged scandal, relating to irregularities that were revealed in the Kenya Civil Servants Scheme at the National Hospital Insurance Fund, in early 2012. The alleged irregularities included payment to ghost clinics, unprocedural selection of clinics and creation of an unapproved unit at the NHIF.
National health insurance ( NHI ), sometimes called statutory health insurance ( SHI ), is a system of health insurance that insures a national population against the costs of health care. It may be administered by the public sector, the private sector, or a combination of both. Funding mechanisms vary with the particular program and country.
NHIF Ambulance Scandal. The NHIF Ambulance Scandal is a scandal relating to irregularities in purchase of ambulances for the National Hospital Insurance Fund of Kenya in 2001. [1] The scandal resulted in the sacking of the Minister of Medical Services Amukowa Anangwe by President Daniel arap Moi .
The National Health Insurance Fund or VLK ( Lithuanian: Valstybinė ligonių kasa) is a key part of the healthcare system in Lithuania. It was established in 1993. The fund finances primary care largely by capitation payments, with some fees for service and performance related pay. Ambulatory care is mostly paid on a case basis with additional ...
In the Kenya context, the expectation is that a devolved health system will lead to improvement in efficiency of service delivery, stimulate innovation in the wider sector, improve access to and equity of available services, and promote accountability and transparency in service delivery. Context of healthcare in Kenya Map of Kenya.
The National Health Insurance Act, 2023 (Act No. 20 of 2023) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa, which establishes a South African national health insurance system, commonly referred to as NHI, with the aim of "pooling public revenue in order to actively and strategically purchase health care services" and creating a "single framework throughout the Republic for the public funding and ...