Examining national health insurance fund members' preferences and trade-offs for the attributes of contracted outpatient facilities in Kenya: A discrete choice experiment.

ABSTRACT: Patient choice of health facilities is increasingly gaining recognition for potentially enhancing the attainment of health system goals globally. In Kenya, National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) members are required to choose an NHIF-contracted outpatient facility before accessing care. Understanding their preferences could support resource allocation decisions, enhance the provision of patient-centered care, and deepen NHIF's purchasing decisions. We employed a discrete choice experiment to examine NHIF members' preferences for attributes of NHIF-contracted outpatient facilities in Kenya. We developed a d-efficient experimental design with six attributes, namely availability of drugs, distance from household to facility, waiting time at the facility until consultation, cleanliness of the f

SUBMITTER: Kazungu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12036850 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature