Community-based health insurance and access to maternal health services: Evidence from three West African countries

The impact of health insurance in Africa and Asia: a systematic review

“…For each item 0-2 points are given and these are added up to get an overall quality score (ranging from 0 to 38 points). Studies were categorized as low quality (0-14 points), medium quality (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29) or high quality (≥ 30). One in five studies was randomly selected for assessment by a second reviewer.…”

“…For example, PHI is said to mainly serve the affluent segments of a population, but CBHI is often put forward as a health financing mechanism that can especially benefit the poor. [11][12][13][14][15][16] Countries wishing to introduce health insurance schemes into their health systems should be aware of how their impact varies.…”

Impact of Ethiopia's Community Based Health Insurance on Household Economic Welfare

“…For example, uptake in Senegal after two years was 4.8% (Smith and Sulzbach 2008) and in Tanzania 2.8 percent after six years (Chee et al 2002).…”

Social security health insurance for the informal sector in Nicaragua: a randomized evaluation

“…Despite the recent and increasing interest in health insurance programs for excluded populations in developing countries (Preker et al, 2002;Gumber and Kulkarni, 2000;Franco et al, 2008;Smith and Sulzbach, 2008), there is little rigorous evidence on the optimal design of voluntary health insurance schemes targeting the informal sector in terms of their ability to attract a large enough pool of individuals or to increase utilization of quality health services. For instance, in many developing countries, existing synergies between the delivery of financial services and health services to clients in the informal sector have led policy-makers to believe that microfinance institutions (MFIs) may be a promising delivery agent to extend health insurance to low-income and other vulnerable groups (Matin et al, 2002;Churchill, 2003;Churchill and Cohen, 2006), particularly in settings where MFI penetration is high.…”