Mandatory membership of community-based mutual health insurance in Senegal: A national survey.

ABSTRACT: With the low adherence to voluntary mutual health insurance, Senegal's policymakers have sought to understand the feasibility of compulsory health insurance membership. This study aims to measure the acceptability of mandatory membership in community-based mutual health insurance (CBHI) and to understand its possible administrative modalities. The study consists of a national survey among a representative population sample selected by marginal quotas. The survey was conducted in 2022 over the phone, with a random composition method involving 914 people. The questionnaire measured the socio-economic characteristics of households, their level of acceptability concerning voluntary and compulsory membership, and their level of confidence in CBHIs and the health system. Respondents preferred vo

SUBMITTER: Ridde V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10538694 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature