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| Title |
Community perceptions of health insurance and their preferred design features: implications for the design of universal health coverage reforms in Kenya
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| Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, November 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-13-474 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Stephen Mulupi, Doris Kirigia, Jane Chuma |
| Abstract |
Health insurance is currently being considered as a mechanism for promoting progress to universal health coverage (UHC) in many African countries. The concept of health insurance is relatively new in Africa, it is hardly well understood and remains unclear how it will function in countries where the majority of the population work outside the formal sector. Kenya has been considering introducing a national health insurance scheme (NHIS) since 2004. Progress has been slow, but commitment to achieve UHC through a NHIS remains. This study contributes to this process by exploring communities' understanding and perceptions of health insurance and their preferred designs features. Communities are the major beneficiaries of UHC reforms. Kenyans should understand the implications of health financing reforms and their preferred design features considered to ensure acceptability and sustainability. |
X Demographics
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 2 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 60% |
| Scientists | 2 | 40% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 247 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1 | <1% |
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 242 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 58 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 10% |
| Researcher | 24 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 22 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 20 | 8% |
| Other | 40 | 16% |
| Unknown | 58 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 59 | 24% |
| Social Sciences | 34 | 14% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 28 | 11% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 15 | 6% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 13 | 5% |
| Other | 30 | 12% |
| Unknown | 68 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 December 2013.
All research outputs
#12,886,769
of 22,729,647 outputs
Outputs from BMC Health Services Research
#4,287
of 7,606 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#106,428
of 212,426 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Health Services Research
#75
of 143 outputs
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