Determinants and perception of health insurance participation among healthcare providers in Nigeria: A mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To accelerate universal health coverage, Nigeria's National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) decentralized the implementation of government health insurance to the individual states in 2014. Lagos is one of the states that passed a State Health Insurance Scheme into law, in order to expand the benefits of health insurance beyond the few residents enrolled in community-based health insurance programs, commercial private health insurance plans or the NHIS. Public and private healthcare providers are a critical component of the Lagos State Health Scheme (LSHS) rollout. This study explored the determinants and perception of provider participation in health insurance programs including the LSHS.

Methods

This study used a mixed-methods cross sectional design. Quantitative

SUBMITTER: Shobiye HO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8336839 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature