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Determinants for Rural Households Willingness to Pay for Community Based Health Insurance: The case of Boloso Sore District in Woliata Zone, South Ethiopia, Ethiopia

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  • Amanuel Atile
  • Nega Mathewos
  • Sagarika Mohanty
  • Naomy Nasambu Simiyu
  • Marisennayya Senapathy

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Transforming health system of rural households through Community Based Health Insurance package is one of the interventions by the government of Ethiopia to address rural community. However, majority of rural households not enrolled in community based health insurance program in Boloso Sore district. This study, thus designed to assess the existing situation of households WTP and to assess factors determining WTP for CBHI in Boloso Sore district. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected from sampled households for analysis. The data were collected from both primary and secondary data sources. To do so, semi-structured household interview questions and check lists were developed and conducted with sampled respondents. Descriptive statistics employed following econometric analysis of the data collected from 386 households selected using simple random sampling from nine Kebeles of Boloso Sore district. Binary logit regression analysis showed that age, education level, employment status, saving practice, land size, distance to health facility and access to health education have positive and significant association with WTP for CBHIs. Therefore, the findings indicated that health education, saving practices and road facility need to be promoted by the government to improve CBHIs of the rural community.

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  • Amanuel Atile & Nega Mathewos & Sagarika Mohanty & Naomy Nasambu Simiyu & Marisennayya Senapathy, 2024. "Determinants for Rural Households Willingness to Pay for Community Based Health Insurance: The case of Boloso Sore District in Woliata Zone, South Ethiopia, Ethiopia," Shanlax International Journal of Arts, Science and Humanities, Shanlax Journals, vol. 11(4), pages 1-12, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:acg:sijash:v:11:y:2024:i:4:p:1-12
    DOI: 10.34293/sijash.v11i4.7398
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