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Health inequality and community-based health insurance: a case study of rural Rwanda with repeated cross-sectional data

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  • Kai Liu

    (Renmin University of China)

  • Benjamin Cook

    (Harvard Medical School)

  • Chunling Lu

    (Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    Harvard Medical School
    University of Witwatersrand)

Abstract

Objectives To investigate the inequality in medical care utilization and household catastrophic health spending (HCHS) between the poverty and non-poverty residents in rural Rwanda and their links with community-based health insurance (Mutuelles). Methods We used the 2005 and 2010 nationally representative Integrated Living Conditions Surveys. We estimated multilevel logistic regression models to obtain the adjusted levels and trends of both absolute and relative inequalities and examined associations between Mutuelles status and these inequalities. Results Significant inequality between the two income groups, in both absolute and relative measures of medical care utilization and HCHS remained unchanged in 2005 and 2010. Significant reduction in adjusted absolute inequality in percentage of HCHS between the two years was not associated with Mutuelles status. Conclusions While Mutuelles promoted medical care utilization and reduced HCHS, it did not play a significant role in reducing their inequalities by poverty status between 2005 and 2010. Future studies should assess the impact of additional strategies (e.g., the exemption of Mutuelles premiums and copayments for households living in poverty), on reducing inequality by poverty status.

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  • Kai Liu & Benjamin Cook & Chunling Lu, 2019. "Health inequality and community-based health insurance: a case study of rural Rwanda with repeated cross-sectional data," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 64(1), pages 7-14, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ijphth:v:64:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1007_s00038-018-1115-5
    DOI: 10.1007/s00038-018-1115-5
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