The “Universal” in UHC and Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme: policy and implementation challenges and dilemmas of a lower middle income country

Table 1 Trends in new registrations and renewals by district from 2010 – 2013

Year	New registrations	Renewals	Active membership	Total pop	% Total pop. new registration	% Total pop renewal	% Total pop active membership
Municipal mutual health insurance scheme
2010	40,824	42,736	83,560	271,881	0.15	0.16	0.31
2011	31,170	68,794	99,964	275,062	0.11	0.25	0.36
2012	28,268	90,401	118,669	278,280	0.10	0.32	0.43
2013	32,922	109,746	142,668	281,536	0.12	0.39	0.51
Rural district mutual health insurance scheme
2010	6594	7426	14,020	64,404	0.10	0.12	0.22
2011	9036	10,901	19,937	65,158	0.14	0.17	0.31
2012	16,480	15,479	31,959	65,920	0.25	0.23	0.48
2013	10,082	20,811	30,893	66,691	0.15	0.31	0.46

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