Factors affecting households' trust in the community based health insurance scheme in Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: The trust that potentially community-based health insurance (CBHI) members have in the actual health insurance scheme is a crucial determinant for members who decided to enroll and continue being members of the scheme. While the literature on health insurance in low-income countries mentions the importance of trust in consumers' decision to insure, to date the association between trust and trust-building factors has not been researched in the Ethiopian context. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess the factors affecting households' trust in the CBHI scheme in Ethiopia. A community-based cross-sectional study design was employed to collect data from 617 household heads from March 1-30, 2020. A multistage sampling technique was carried out and interviewer-administered question

SUBMITTER: Eseta WA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10022134 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature