Table 2. Healthcare utilization, enrolment in health insurance and willingness to pay for insurance in Seven Communities in East and West Africa (SevenCEWA), 2018.
Healthcare utilization/Health insurance enrolment | Kenya | Nigeria | Tanzania | Uganda | Total | |||
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Viwandani | Ikire | Olorunda Abaa | Ogane-Uge | Ikpok Ikpa | Ukonga | Soroti | ||
Perceived good/excellent health | 240 (80.0) | 412 (82.1) | 510 (69.7) | 280 (68.3) | 421 (85.6) | 303 (66.9) | 410 (52.1) | 2575 (70.1) |
Utilization of private hospital/clinics (%) | 94 (31.3) | 185 (38.2) | 160 (21.9) | 39 (11.3) | 10 (2.0) | 241 (53.2) | 75 (9.6) | 804 (22.4) |
Utilization of public hospital/clinics (%) | 193 (64.3) | 223 (46.1) | 466 (63.7) | 305 (88.7) | 294 (59.8) | 155 (34.2) | 644 (82.0) | 2280 (63.5) |
Not satisfied with overall experience in the health facilities (%) | 49 (19.1) | 8 (1.7) | 319 (43.6) | 23 (7.0) | 5 (1.0) | 13 (2.9) | 69 (13.8) | 486 (13.8) |
Household health expenditure (US$ per month) (median (IQR)) | 11 (19) | 7 (20) | 8 (18) | 18 (38) | 7 (13) | 11 (18) | 13 (23) | 10 (21) |
Enrollment in health Insurance (%) | 129 (43.0) | 8 (1.6) | 57 (13.7) | 40 (10.4) | 10 (2.0) | 79 (17.4) | 29 (3.7) | 352 (10.6) |
Willingness to pay for health insurance (%) | 292 (97.3) | 480 (95.6) | 476 (65.0) | 268 (65.4) | 428 (87.0) | 424 (93.6) | 528 (67.1) | 2896 (78.8) |
Willing to pay for all household members (%) | NA | 332 (70.0) | 88 (12.0) | 209 (64.1) | 384 (78.0) | 201 (45.9) | 560 (71.2) | 1774 (54.7) |
Amount willing to pay US$ per person per month (median (IQR)) | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 7 (10) | 2 (2) | 1 (2) | 1 (5) | 2 (2) |
Ability to pay for Insurance Scheme (%)* | NA | 108 (53.7) | 221 (57.7) | 23 (16.3) | 221 (82.2) | NA | NA | 573 (57.6) |
NA: Data not available.