Prevalence and factors associated with health insurance coverage in resource-poor urban settings in Nairobi, Kenya: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the prevalence of health insurance and associated factors among households in urban slum settings in Nairobi, Kenya.

Design

The data for this study are from a cross-sectional survey of adults aged 18 years or older from randomly selected households in Viwandani slums (Nairobi, Kenya). Respondents participated in the Lown scholars' study conducted between June and July 2018.

Setting

The Lown scholars' survey was nested in the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System in Viwandani slums in Nairobi, Kenya.

Participants

A total of 300 randomly sampled households participated in the survey. The study respondents comprised of either the household head, their spouses or credible adult household members.

Primary outcome measure<

SUBMITTER: Otieno PO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6924758 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature