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Social capital and willingness-to-pay for community-based health insurance in rural Cameroon

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  • Hermann Pythagore Pierre Donfouet
  • Jean-Roger Edimo Essombé
  • Pierre-Alexandre Mahieu
  • Éric Malin

    (CREM - Centre de recherche en économie et management - UNICAEN - Université de Caen Normandie - NU - Normandie Université - UR - Université de Rennes - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

Community-based health insurance in developing countries is often perceived as a way to improve the health state of rural households. An open question is whether the social capital has a positive impact on the demand for health insurance. A contingent valuation study was conducted to explore the influence of the social capital on the demand for health insurance. The main results are that (i) most of the rural households are willing to pay for community-based health insurance (ii) the social capital has a positive impact on the willingness to pay for community-based health insurance. The policy implications of the results are discussed.

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  • Hermann Pythagore Pierre Donfouet & Jean-Roger Edimo Essombé & Pierre-Alexandre Mahieu & Éric Malin, 2011. "Social capital and willingness-to-pay for community-based health insurance in rural Cameroon," Post-Print halshs-00630043, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-00630043
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    1. Macha, Raphael Rasiel, 2015. "Community Based Health Insurance Schemes and Protection of the Rural Poor: Empirical evidence from Tanzania," African Journal of Economic Review, African Journal of Economic Review, vol. 3(2), July.
    2. Hermann Donfouet & Pierre-Alexandre Mahieu, 2012. "Community-based health insurance and social capital: a review," Health Economics Review, Springer, vol. 2(1), pages 1-5, December.
    3. Hsiao, William C. & Yip, Winnie, 2024. "Financing and provision of healthcare for two billion people in low-income nations: Is the cooperative healthcare model a solution?," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 345(C).
    4. Melaku Haile Likka & Shimeles Ololo Sinkie & Berhane Megerssa, 2019. "Willingness to Pay for Community-Based Health Insurance among Rural Households of Southwest Ethiopia," Papers 1912.04281, arXiv.org.
    5. Gwokorok, Lado, 2019. "Expectations of Social Capital and Willingness to Pay for Social Health Insurance among the Bari Speakers of Central Equatoria State, South Sudan," MPRA Paper 112401, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2021.
    6. David Mark Dror, 2018. "Systematic Review of Willingness to Pay for Health Insurance in Low and Middle Income Countries," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Financing Micro Health Insurance Theory, Methods and Evidence, chapter 8, pages 151-168, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..

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