PMID: 31385594Aug 7, 2019Paper

Health Insurance Knowledge, Attitude and the Uptake of Community-Based Health Insurance Scheme among Residents of a Suburb in Lagos, Nigeria

West African Journal of Medicine
H O YusufA O Osibogun

Abstract

Out of pocket payment for health services in the midst of financial hardship is a major contributor to poor access to healthcare in Nigeria with the resultant poor health indices. Towards the goal of Universal Health Coverage, Community Based Health Insurance (CBHI) was introduced in addition to the National Health Insurance Scheme but with minimal impact and utilization. The objective of this study was to assess health insurance-related knowledge and attitudes and to examine the uptake of CBHI. This was a descriptive cross-sectional study. A multi-stage sampling method was used to select 419 respondents from the Ajeromi-Ifelodun community. A semi-structured interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. Data analysis was done using Microsoft Excel and Epi-Info 7.1. Most of the respondents (80.2%) had not heard of Community-Based Health Insurance and only about 9% of respondents had good knowledge about it. However, most (62.5%) of the respondents had a positive attitude towards health insurance generally. Only 4.5% of the respondents were enrolled in the CBHI scheme and had paid their premium up to date. There was a significant association between the respondents' knowledge and their uptake of t...Continue Reading

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