Do free healthcare policies play a role in expanding national health insurance enrollment among informal sector workers?: the case of the Afya Care pilot program in Kenya
Several Sub-Saharan African countries have transitioned from fiscally unsustainable free healthcare policies to national health insurance schemes. These national schemes often expect informal sector workers to contribute directly to the scheme. Although enrollment in the national scheme is critical...
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27 October 2025
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BMC public health
Year: 2025, Volume: 25, Pages: 1-15 |
| ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12889-025-24760-3 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24760-3
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| Author Notes: | Phidelis N. Wamalwa, Christoph Strupat, Edmund Yeboah, MaryBennah N. Kuloba, Boniface Mbuthia and Manuela De Allegri |
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