Objective: The study aimed to assess the determinants of enrolment in health insurance schemes among people living
with HIV.
Design: The study was a cross-sectional study. A pre-tested interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect information from 371 HIV clients attending the clinic. Chi-s...
Health insurance coverage in Nigeria is still very low as over 70% of health care expenditure is financed by out-of-pocket payment. Health care providers are critical participants in the private health insurance scheme, therefore, their perception and satisfaction with the scheme is fund...
Cet article s’intéresse aux rôlesdes perceptionssocio-économiquesdansl’adhésion et lerecours à la Couverture Maladie Universelle(CMU)à Ziguinchor. En effet, la CMU est un programmenationald’assurance santé lancé en 2013 par le gouvernement du Sénégal. Ce programme s’appuie sur les mutue...
Studies in the Benin Republic have identified contextual factors that determine health facility delivery among women of reproductive age. However, it is not certain if the same set of factors predicts facility delivery for women who enrolled in health insurance and those who did not. The study seeks to c...
Background: To improve healthcare access and mitigate healthcare costs for its population,
Nigeria established a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 1999. The NHIS remains
Nigeria’s leading vehicle for achieving universal health coverage; nonetheless, questions
remain regarding its quality and e...
Background: Community-based health insurance (CBHI) has emerged as a more efficient and equitable approach to healthcare financing. It was designed to ensure that sufficient resources are made available for members to access effective healthcare. This study assessed the willingness to pay (WTP) for CBHI ...
Objective: The study estimated the capitation policy’s effect on the under-5 mortality (U5MR) rate in hospitals in Ashanti Region.
Design: We used an interrupted time series design to estimate the impact from secondary data obtained from the DHIMS-2 database. Monthly under-5 deaths and the number of li...
