2015-10-01
Enrollment in Ethiopia's community-based health insurance scheme
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World Development , Volume 74 p. 58- 76
In June 2011, the Ethiopian government launched a Community-Based Health Insurance scheme. By December 2012, enrollment reached 45.5%. This paper examines uptake. Socioeconomic status does not inhibit uptake and food-insecure households are more likely to enroll. Chronic diseases and self-assessed health status do not induce enrollment, while past expenditure does. A relative novelty is the identification of quality of care. Both the availability of equipment and waiting time to see medical professionals substantially influences enrollment. Focus-groups raise concerns about providers favoring uninsured households. Nevertheless, almost all insured households want to renew and majority of uninsured want to enroll.
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doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.04.011, hdl.handle.net/1765/78222 | |
World Development | |
Organisation | International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University (ISS) |
Mebratie, A., Sparrow, R., Debebe, Z. Y., Alemu, G., & Bedi, A. S. (2015). Enrollment in Ethiopia's community-based health insurance scheme. World Development, 74, 58–76. doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.04.011 |