Willingness to pay for health insurance in the informal sector of Sierra Leone.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The objective of this project is to study the willingness to pay (WTP) for health insurance (HI) of individuals working in the informal sector in Sierra Leone, using a purposely-designed survey of a representative sample of this sector.

Methods

We elicit the WTP using the Double-Bounded Dichotomous Choice with Follow Up method. We also examine the factors that are positively and negatively associated with the likelihood of the respondents to answer affirmatively to joining a HI scheme and to paying three different possible premiums, to join the HI scheme. We additionally analyze the individual and household characteristics associated with the maximum amount the household is willing to pay to join the HI scheme.

Results

The results indicate that the average WTP

SUBMITTER: Jofre-Bonet M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5955490 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature