‘The national health insurance policy provides little to no benefit to young persons living with type 1 diabetes (T1D)’: a qualitative study of T1D management cost-burden in Southern Ghana

The cost of managing T1D was a burden for patients and their caregivers. There was a commodification of life-saving insulin on the Ghanaian market, and the NHIS did not function well to ease the cost-burden of T1D management on patients and caregivers. The findings call for the need to scale up NHIS services to include simple supplies, particularly test strips, and always ensure the availability of life-saving insulin in healthcare facilities.