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Factors associated with enrollment for community-based health insurance scheme in Western Ethiopia: Case-control study

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  • Meseret Belete Fite
  • Kedir Teji Roba
  • Bedasa Taye Merga
  • Belay Negash Tefera
  • Gemechu Ayela Beha
  • Temesgen Tafesse Gurmessa

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Introduction: Modern health services utilization in developing countries has continued low. Financial shortage to access health-care services might be averted by stirring from out-of-pocket payment for health care at the time of use. The government of Ethiopia; depend greatly on foreign aid (50%) and out-of-pocket payments (34%) to fund health services for its population. This study was aimed to identify factors associated with households’ enrollment to CBHI scheme membership. Methods: Case-control study design was conducted from May 18–July 27, 2019 among 332 participants (166 enrolled and 166 non-enrolled to CBHI scheme). Simple random sampling technique was used to select the study participants. Bi-variable and multivariable logistic regression model were fitted to identify factors associated with enrollment to community based health insurance. Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with 95% CI was used to report association and significance was declared at P

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  • Meseret Belete Fite & Kedir Teji Roba & Bedasa Taye Merga & Belay Negash Tefera & Gemechu Ayela Beha & Temesgen Tafesse Gurmessa, 2021. "Factors associated with enrollment for community-based health insurance scheme in Western Ethiopia: Case-control study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(6), pages 1-10, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0252303
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252303
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