Factors affecting households’ trust in the community based health insurance scheme in Ethiopia

Wakuma Akafu Eseta and Shimeles Ololo Sinkie

PLOS Global Public Health, 2022, vol. 2, issue 5, 1-14

Abstract: The trust that potentially community-based health insurance (CBHI) members have in the actual health insurance scheme is a crucial determinant for members who decided to enroll and continue being members of the scheme. While the literature on health insurance in low-income countries mentions the importance of trust in consumers’ decision to insure, to date the association between trust and trust-building factors has not been researched in the Ethiopian context. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess the factors affecting households’ trust in the CBHI scheme in Ethiopia. A community-based cross-sectional study design was employed to collect data from 617 household heads from March 1–30, 2020. A multistage sampling technique was carried out and interviewer-administered questionnaires were used to collect data. Descriptive statistics and multivariable linear regression analyses were performed, and variables with a P-value

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0000375

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