Umeh Chukwuemeka A
Department of Global Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA USA.
Glob Health Res Policy. 2017 Jan 9;2:2. doi: 10.1186/s41256-016-0023-6. eCollection 2017.
Premium exemption for the poor is a critical step towards achieving universal health coverage in sub-Saharan Africa due to the large proportion of the population living in extreme poverty who cannot pay premium. However, identifying the poor for premium exemption has been a big challenge for SSA countries. This paper is a succinct review of four methods available for identifying the poor, outlining the ideal conditions under which each of the methods should be used and the drawbacks associated with using each of the methods.
为贫困人口免除保险费是撒哈拉以南非洲实现全民健康覆盖的关键一步，因为该地区有很大比例的人口生活在极端贫困中，无力支付保险费。然而，确定哪些贫困人口可获保费豁免，对撒哈拉以南非洲国家来说一直是一项巨大挑战。本文简要回顾了四种识别贫困人口的方法，概述了每种方法应使用的理想条件以及使用每种方法所存在的缺陷。
