Enrollment and associated factors of the national health insurance program of Nepal: Further analysis of the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2022.

ABSTRACT: The focus of this study was on the current enrollment status of the government-funded health insurance (HI) program in Nepal, which is necessary to achieve universal health coverage by 2030. Despite the government's commitment, the program faces challenges of low enrollment and high dropout rates, hindering progress towards this goal. With a purpose to find out the associated factors for enrollment in HI, the cross-sectional study employs secondary data obtained from the Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2022. A multi-stage sampling method yielded a representative sample of 14,280 households, and an interview was conducted with 14,845 females and 4,913 males aged 15-49. A weighted sample was employed and subsequently analyzed through the use of R. The analysis reveals a concerningly low

SUBMITTER: Acharya D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11449327 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature