Community-based health insurance and healthcare service utilisation, North-West, Ethiopia: a comparative, cross-sectional study.
BMJ Open
; 8(8): e019613, 2018 08 08.
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| ID: mdl-30093509
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
The objective of this study was to compare differences in healthcare utilisation between community-based health insurance member households and non-member households and to identify factors for community-based health insurance enrolment in South Achefer District.DESIGN:
Comparative, cross-sectional study. SETTINGS Community-based.PARTICIPANTS:
A total of 652 selected households (326 insured and 326 uninsured households) participated in the study.METHODS:
A two-sample t-test (for proportions) and χ2 (for categorical data) were computed. MAIN OUTCOMEMEASURE:
Utilisation of healthcare.RESULTS:
There was a significant difference in the rate of healthcare utilisation between insured (50.5%) and uninsured (29.3%) households (χ2=27.864, p<0.001). Significant variations of enrolment status in community-based health insurance were observed in the following variables educational status, family size, occupation, marital status, travel time to the nearest health institution, perceived quality of care, first choice of place for treatment during illness and expected healthcare cost of a recent treatment.CONCLUSIONS:
Utilisation of health services among insured households with community-based health insurance was higher. Educational status, family size, occupation, marital status, travel time to the nearest health institution, perceived quality of care, first choice of place for treatment during illness and expected healthcare cost of a recent treatment should be emphasised to enhance community health insurance enrolment.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Aceitação pelo Paciente de Cuidados de Saúde
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Seguro Saúde
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMJ Open
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Etiópia