Mobilizing Community-based Health Insurance to Enhance Awareness and Prevention of Airborne, Vectorborne, and Waterborne Diseases in Rural India

David Dror

Chapter 16 in Financing Micro Health Insurance:Theory, Methods and Evidence, 2018, pp 327-344 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: The following sections are included:Data were collected from two surveys, each of 300 randomly selected households drawn from a community-based health insurance (CBHI) project sample of 3,685 households.The awareness campaign resulted in a significant increase both in awareness (34%) and in preventive practices (48%).The awareness campaigns were part of a larger project carried out by Micro Insurance Academy, New Delhi, India, that included the launch of three CBHI schemes.

Keywords: Microinsurance; Micro Health Insurance; Health Insurance; Community-Based Health Insurance; CBHI; Demand for Health Insurance; Willingness to Pay for Health Insurance; Microinsurance Package Design; Implementation of CBHI; Business Case of Microinsurance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I13 I15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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