Health insurance coverage in Ethiopia: financial protection in the Era of sustainable cevelopment goals (SDGs).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health insurance is among the healthcare financing reforms proposed to increase the available healthcare resources and to decrease the risk of household financial crisis. Recently, Ethiopia has been implementing community-based health insurance which mainly targets the very large rural agricultural sector and small and informal sector in urban settings. Therefore, this study was aimed to assess the coverage of health insurance and its determinants in Ethiopia.

Methods

Data were extracted from the 2019 mini Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS) to assess determinants of health insurance coverage in Ethiopia. The analysis included a weighted sample of 8663 respondents. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was conducted and the results were presented a

SUBMITTER: Merga BT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9347146 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature