Determinants of willingness to participate in health insurance amongst people living with HIV in a tertiary hospital in South-East Nigeria | Zendy

IjeomaNkem Okedo-Alex | Zendy; ChihurumnanyaNwachi Alo | Zendy; IfeyinwaChizoba Akamike | Zendy

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Determinants of willingness to participate in health insurance amongst people living with HIV in a tertiary hospital in South-East Nigeria

Author(s) -

IjeomaNkem Okedo-Alex,

ChihurumnanyaNwachi Alo,

IfeyinwaChizoba Akamike

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

nigerian postgraduate medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261

H-Index - 19

ISSN - 1117-1936

DOI - 10.4103/npmj.npmj_11_20

Subject(s) - logistic regression , odds ratio , medicine , health care , confidence interval , family medicine , demography , socioeconomics , economic growth , sociology , pathology , economics

Waning donor funding and poor country ownership of HIV care programmes are challenges for the sustainability of care for people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Nigeria. Health insurance presents a viable alternative for funding of HIV care services. This study assessed the determinants of willingness to participate in health insurance amongst PLHIV in a tertiary hospital in South-East Nigeria.

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