Analysing the Influence of Health Insurance Status on Peoples' Health Seeking Behaviour in Rural Ghana.

ABSTRACT: This paper examines the influence of health insurance status on healthcare use in rural Ghana using 286 sampled respondents from four rural communities in the Bekwai Municipality. Data were obtained using structured interview and Pearson's Chi square and bivariate regressions were used to analyse data. The results show low healthcare utilization among study participants, with most respondents having irregular use (43.5%) or rare use (43.3%). Respondents with health insurance utilized healthcare more than those without health insurance, the results being statistically significant (df = 4; n = 283, p = 0.000). The bivariate analysis revealed that health insurance status has a positive and significant influence on utilization (β = 1.284; p value = 0.000). The study

SUBMITTER: Osei Asibey B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5439069 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature