Impact of community‑based health insurance on utilisation of preventive health services in rural Uganda: a propensity score matching approach

The effect of voluntary health insurance on preventive health has received limited research attention in developing countries, even when they suffer immensely from easily preventable illnesses. This paper surveys households in rural south-western Uganda, which are geographically serviced by a vol...

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Main Authors: Emmanuel, Nshakira-Rukundo, Essa, Mussa Chanie, Nathan, Nshakira, Joachim, von Braun
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Published: International Journal of Health Economics and Management 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/494
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author Emmanuel, Nshakira-Rukundo
Essa, Mussa Chanie
Nathan, Nshakira
Joachim, von Braun
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description The effect of voluntary health insurance on preventive health has received limited research attention in developing countries, even when they suffer immensely from easily preventable illnesses. This paper surveys households in rural south-western Uganda, which are geographically serviced by a voluntary Community-based health insurance scheme, and applied propensity score matching to assess the effect of enrolment on using mosquito nets and deworming under-five children. We find that enrolment in the scheme increased the probability of using a mosquito net by 26% and deworming by 18%. We postulate that these findings are partly mediated by information diffusion and social networks, financial protection, which gives households the capacity to save and use service more, especially curative services that are delivered alongside preventive services. This paper provides more insight into the broader effects of health insurance in developing countries, beyond financial protection and utilisation of hospital-based services.
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spelling oai:idr.kab.ac.ug:20.500.12493-4942024-01-17T04:45:51Z Impact of community‑based health insurance on utilisation of preventive health services in rural Uganda: a propensity score matching approach Emmanuel, Nshakira-Rukundo Essa, Mussa Chanie Nathan, Nshakira Joachim, von Braun Community-based health insurance · Enrolment · Preventive health · Inverse probability weighting · Rural Uganda The effect of voluntary health insurance on preventive health has received limited research attention in developing countries, even when they suffer immensely from easily preventable illnesses. This paper surveys households in rural south-western Uganda, which are geographically serviced by a voluntary Community-based health insurance scheme, and applied propensity score matching to assess the effect of enrolment on using mosquito nets and deworming under-five children. We find that enrolment in the scheme increased the probability of using a mosquito net by 26% and deworming by 18%. We postulate that these findings are partly mediated by information diffusion and social networks, financial protection, which gives households the capacity to save and use service more, especially curative services that are delivered alongside preventive services. This paper provides more insight into the broader effects of health insurance in developing countries, beyond financial protection and utilisation of hospital-based services. Kabale University 2021-06-04T12:33:23Z 2021-06-04T12:33:23Z 2021 Article https://doi.org/10.1007/s10754-021-09294-6 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/494 application/pdf International Journal of Health Economics and Management
spellingShingle Community-based health insurance · Enrolment · Preventive health · Inverse probability weighting · Rural Uganda
Emmanuel, Nshakira-Rukundo
Essa, Mussa Chanie
Nathan, Nshakira
Joachim, von Braun
Impact of community‑based health insurance on utilisation of preventive health services in rural Uganda: a propensity score matching approach
title Impact of community‑based health insurance on utilisation of preventive health services in rural Uganda: a propensity score matching approach
title_full Impact of community‑based health insurance on utilisation of preventive health services in rural Uganda: a propensity score matching approach
title_fullStr Impact of community‑based health insurance on utilisation of preventive health services in rural Uganda: a propensity score matching approach
title_full_unstemmed Impact of community‑based health insurance on utilisation of preventive health services in rural Uganda: a propensity score matching approach
title_short Impact of community‑based health insurance on utilisation of preventive health services in rural Uganda: a propensity score matching approach
title_sort impact of community based health insurance on utilisation of preventive health services in rural uganda a propensity score matching approach
topic Community-based health insurance · Enrolment · Preventive health · Inverse probability weighting · Rural Uganda
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12493/494
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