| Title |
Towards Universal Health Coverage: An Evaluation of Rwanda Mutuelles in Its First Eight Years
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, June 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0039282 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Chunling Lu, Brian Chin, Jiwon Lee Lewandowski, Paulin Basinga, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Kenneth Hill, Megan Murray, Agnes Binagwaho |
| Abstract |
Mutuelles is a community-based health insurance program, established since 1999 by the Government of Rwanda as a key component of the national health strategy on providing universal health care. The objective of the study was to evaluate the impact of Mutuelles on achieving universal coverage of medical services and financial risk protection in its first eight years of implementation. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 19 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 6 | 32% |
| United States | 3 | 16% |
| Australia | 2 | 11% |
| Senegal | 1 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5% |
| Mexico | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 5 | 26% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 16 | 84% |
| Scientists | 3 | 16% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 449 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | <1% |
| Rwanda | 2 | <1% |
| Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Bangladesh | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Nigeria | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 438 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 115 | 26% |
| Researcher | 71 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 53 | 12% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 31 | 7% |
| Other | 22 | 5% |
| Other | 79 | 18% |
| Unknown | 78 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 146 | 33% |
| Social Sciences | 78 | 17% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 37 | 8% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 26 | 6% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 13 | 3% |
| Other | 55 | 12% |
| Unknown | 94 | 21% |