Extending coverage to informal sector populations in Kenya: design preferences and implications for financing policy.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Universal health coverage (UHC) is important in terms of improving access to quality health care while protecting households from the risk of catastrophic health spending and impoverishment. However, progress to UHC has been hampered by the measures to increase mandatory prepaid funds especially in low- and middle-income countries where there are large populations in the informal sector. Important considerations in expanding coverage to the informal sector should include an exploration of the type of prepayment system that is acceptable to the informal sector and the features of such a design that would encourage prepayment for health care among this population group. The objective of the study was to document the views of informal sector workers regarding different prep

SUBMITTER: Okungu V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5761094 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature