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Eugenia Amporfu

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Sr. Eugenia Amporfu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, KNUST. She holds a PhD in Economics from Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada She teaches Health Economics, Econometrics, and Advanced Microeconomics both at the graduate and undergradute levels. She has also taught a graduate course in Macroeconomics. Her areas of research broadly covers Health Economics and has peer reviewed theoretical and empirical research articles. Her research interests in Health Economics includes  Strategic Purchasing focusing on healthcare financing and physician reimbursement, Equity, and Policy Evaluation. She has also done some research in maternal health, health system strengthening, and  healthcare utilzation. She has also done some research on Gender Issues, demographic dividend using the National Transfer Accounts approach. Her research has now extended into Economic Growth and Finance.  She is currently working on 1) marternal care utilization in Ghana and india, 2) Mobile phone and enrolment in the National Health Insurance 3) Effect of Monetary Policy on Ouput and Prices in Ghana; among others.She has served as a consultant for organizations such as UNFPA, Results for Development, Contracta UK Ltd, African Health Economics Association, among others.

Research Summary

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The researcher has focused on several key areas within healthcare and health economics, exploring equity and quality in healthcare services across diverse domains such as vaccine coverage, maternal and child health care, and patient satisfaction. Their work particularly emphasizes the impact of public and external financial expenditure on healthcare costs. They examined the institutional factors influencing healthcare spending in Ghana, including capitation payment systems and user fees, as well as the gendered distribution of work roles and household responsibilities in both individual and broader contexts.

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Equity of the premium of the Ghanaian national health insurance scheme and the implications for achieving universal coverage(2013)
Effect of Institutional Factors on the Quality of Ghana's Healthcare Delivery(2013)
Billing the Insured: An Assessment of Out-of-Pocket Payment by Insured Patients in Ghana(2023)
Effect of the Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme on exit time from catastrophic healthcare expenditure(2021)
Editorial: Towards equitable health systems for universal health coverage (UHC) in sub-Saharan Africa(2023)
Effect of capitation payment method on health outcomes, healthcare utilization, and referrals in Ghana(2024)
Effect of Institutional Factors on Quality of Care in Ghanaian Health Care Sector(2013)
Effect of regulated user fee on quality of healthcare for the poor and the non-poor(2013)
Private hospital accreditation and inducement of care under the ghanaian national insurance scheme(2011)
Estimating the effect of early discharge policy on readmission rate. An instrumental variable approach(2010)
Quality Effect of Early Discharge of Maternity Patients: Does Hospital Specialization Matter?(2008)
Effect of user fee on patient’s welfare and efficiency in a two tier health care market(2010)
TESTING FOR MORAL HAZARD IN CAESAREAN SECTION IN THE GHANAIAN NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME; AN APPROACH USING MATCHING ESTIMATION(2013)
Three essays in health economics(2004)
Differences in the Quality of Care and Resulting Outcomes in Childbirth between Family Physicians and Obstetricians: Comparison of a Matched Cohort(2007)
COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa: impacts on vulnerable populations and sustaining home-grown solutions(2020)
Determinants of paying national health insurance premium with mobile phone in Ghana: a cross-sectional prospective study(2019)
Strategic Health Purchasing Progress Mapping: A Spotlight on Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme(2022)
Applying the Strategic Health Purchasing Progress Tracking Framework: Lessons from Nine African Countries(2022)
Measuring and explaining changing patterns of inequality in institutional deliveries between urban and rural women in Ghana: a decomposition analysis(2019)
Incentive Effects of Government Mandated Cost Shifting(2010)
The role of institutions on the effectiveness of malaria treatment in the Ghanaian health sector(2015)
The Gap between the Health Status of Rural and Urban Women in Ghana: A Case Study of Patients at a Mission Hospital in the Ashanti Region(2009)
Association between Healthcare Provider Payment Systems and Health Outcomes in Ghana(2021)
A theoretical analysis of how user fee on healthcare can waste economic resources(2014)
EFFECT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION AND PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS ON THE GHANAIAN NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME. THE CASE OF MALARIA IN A RURAL DISTRICT HOSPITAL(2012)
The Role of Institutions on the Effectiveness of Treatment in the Ghanaian Health Sector(2013)
Effects of public and external health spending on out-of-pocket payments for healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa(2022)
Is low fertility really a problem? Population aging, dependency, and consumption(2014)
Understanding the demographic dividend in Ghana, Sierra Leone and The Gambia: Prospects or missed opportunities?(2021)
Do Economic Policy Decisions affect Stock Market Development in Ghana?(2016)
Effect of energy shortages on institutional delivery in India(2022)
Pricing of Climate Risks in the Capital Market of South Africa(2024)
Equity in the Perceived Quality of Care Received by Malaria Patients Under National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana(2022)
The Distribution of Housework among men and women in Ghana: The National Time Transfer Accounts Approach(2016)
The Distribution of Paid and Unpaid Work among Men and Women in Ghana: The National Time Transfer Accounts Approach(2018)
EQUITY ANALYSIS OF QUALITY MALARIA TREATMENT IN GHANA(2013)
Impact of Delayed Desired Job Employment of Trained Nurses on Job Satisfaction in Ghana(2025)

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