Open Access<p>Willingness to Pay for Community-Based Health Insurance Scheme and Associated Factors Among Rural Communities in Gemmachis District, Eastern Ethiopia</p>
Author(s) -
Abishu Kado,
Bedasa Taye Merga,
Hassen Abdi Adem,
Yadeta Dessie,
Biftu Geda
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinicoeconomics and outcomes research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.591
H-Index - 27
ISSN - 1178-6981
DOI - 10.2147/ceor.s266497
Subject(s) - willingness to pay , medicine , health insurance , socioeconomics , environmental health , actuarial science , economic growth , business , health care , economics , microeconomics
In sub-Saharan Africa, out-of-pocket expenditures constitute approximately 40% of total healthcare expenditures, imposing huge financial burdens on the poor. To tackle the effects of out-of-pocket payment for healthcare services, Ethiopia has been focusing on implementation and expansion of a community-based health insurance (CBHI) program since 2011. This study assessed willingness to pay for CBHI scheme and associated factors among rural communities in Gemmachis district, eastern Ethiopia.