Exploring for-profit healthcare providers' perceptions of inclusion in the Zambia National Health Insurance Scheme: A qualitative content analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2019, Zambia introduced the national health insurance (NHI) as a healthcare financing strategy to increase universal access to health care services. The private health sector can complement public sector providers as service providers under the NHI. As such, the NHI Management Authority seeks to accredit for-profit private healthcare facilities in the NHI. Ascertaining factors that influence private-for-profit health providers to participate in the NHI is essential, but the evidence is lacking. In this study, we aimed to explore and characterize perceptions and experiences of for-profit private hospitals, dental clinics, eye clinics, diagnostic centres, and pharmacies regarding their inclusion in the NHI.

Methods

We conducted in-depth interviews with owners or

SUBMITTER: Sinjela KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9140276 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature