The anchor for grounding the NHIS on a sustainable path

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• fkbf 10 years ago

  People are dying because of poverty and other are chopping nyafunyafu

  People are dying because of poverty and other are chopping nyafunyafu

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• Luther King 10 years ago

  Nice write up Frank, but I fail to see how separating pharmacy / dispensing activities from prescribing would lead to cost reduction. Remember private pharmacy shops have higher tariffs than public ones. The Nhis benefits pac ...
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  Nice write up Frank, but I fail to see how separating pharmacy / dispensing activities from prescribing would lead to cost reduction. Remember private pharmacy shops have higher tariffs than public ones. The Nhis benefits package is too broad. What has taken developed countries centuries to implement is being enjoyed by Ghanaians in a decade.

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• Frank 10 years ago

  NHIS medicines list revised annually provides a price cap for the medicines served under the scheme. Remember the prices in the list is binding to both hospital pharmacies and retail outlets. Therefore price disparity is remo ...
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  NHIS medicines list revised annually provides a price cap for the medicines served under the scheme. Remember the prices in the list is binding to both hospital pharmacies and retail outlets. Therefore price disparity is removed. Thus the issue of higher tariffs from stand alone retail pharmacies is rendered moot.

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• eric 10 years ago

  Nice piece of advice. Let's hope those who matters will take it up

  Nice piece of advice. Let's hope those who matters will take it up

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• Pharm. Ray 10 years ago

  Pharm. Kumi, The piece is very excellent and came at the time we needed it most, you have carefully outlined the factors and provided evidence based solutions. But it is sad to say that , with the current political game Ghana ...
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  Pharm. Kumi, The piece is very excellent and came at the time we needed it most, you have carefully outlined the factors and provided evidence based solutions. But it is sad to say that , with the current political game Ghana is playing it is neither in the interest of both major political parties nor in the interest of the populace to solve the NHIS because we do not run our politics and economy on a nation agenda but on partisan platforms.
  
  My experience in the hospital setting and how the health sector is managed shows we do not consider healthcare as a prime focus of saving lives but a fortune mill for some greedy people. Again, until we put into office non corruptible, non partisan officials who has the interest of the scheme and the nation at heart we shall fall victim to such circumstances even if the government is changed.

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