Household satisfaction with a pilot community-based health insurance scheme and associated factors in Addis Ababa

Abstract

Background: Many countries introduce CBHI as their healthcare financing system to ensure healthcare access. Understanding the level of satisfaction and factors associated with it is essential to ensure the sustainability of the program. Therefore, this study aimed to assess household satisfaction with a CBHI scheme and its associated factors in Addis Ababa. Design and methods: Institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted in the 10 health centers found in the 10 sub-cities of Addis Ababa. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. Logistic regression analysis was carried out to identify its associated factors and thematic analysis was used for qualitative data. Finally, variables with a p-value of <0.05 have been considered statistically significant. Results: In this study, the overall satisfaction level of households with CBHI was 46.3%. Satisfaction was associated with valid CBHI management regulations (AOR = 1.96, 95% CI: 1.12, 3.46), participants who received the right drug (AOR = 1.77, 95% CI: 1.08, 2.93), households who got immediate care (AOR = 4.95, 95% CI: 2.72, 8.98), those who agreed with the adequacy of medical equipment (AOR = 1.65, 95% CI: 1.02, 2.69), and households who agreed with qualification of health personnel (AOR = 1.89, 95% CI: 1.12, 3.20) were more satisfied with the scheme than their counterparts. The challenges mentioned by the discussants were the shortage of drugs, poor attitude of health professionals, absence of kenema pharmacy, lack of laboratory services, lack of awareness about the CBHI scheme, and tight payment schedule. Conclusions: the satisfaction level of households was low. To achieve a better result, the concerned bodies should work to improve the availability of medication, and medical equipment and improve the attitude of healthcare workers.

Beneficiaries’ Satisfaction with Community-Based Health Insurance Services and Associated Factors in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…family size [31,36], and residence [35]; health service related factors such as service quality [36, 39], con dence and friendliness with healthcare providers [31,35,40], waiting time [31,33,34,37], laboratory services [31, 36-38, 41, 42], availability of medicines [31, 33-36, 38, 40], immediate care [40,41], referral service [33,34,41], and distance of health facilities [35]; the scheme's related factors like regulation [40], affordability of premium [34,41], o ce opening time [41], agreement with bene t packages [31] and time interval to use them [41], enrolment situation [41], and length of enrolment [42]; and knowledge [31,35,38,42] Results of synthesis…”