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. 2023 Nov 28;89(1):84. doi: 10.5334/aogh.4240

Table 2.

Characteristics related to health insurance.


EMPLOYEES PUBLIC SECTOR PRIVATE/ NGO PENSIONER

Heard of health insurance (HI) 0.939 0.938 0.954 0.884

Fully informed how HI worksa 0.397 0.416 0.399 0.266

    -Only those who fall sick should consider HI (=not correct) 0.941 0.952 0.950 0.828

    -You pay the premium but do not know whether you get the money back (=not correct) 0.651 0.655 0.665 0.571

    -HI is like a saving scheme, you will receive interest and principal (=not correct) 0.686 0.726 0.652 0.588

    -You pay a premium for HI to finance future health care needs (=correct) 0.816 0.809 0.844 0.730

    -With no claim, premiums will be returned (=not correct) 0.724 0.761 0.723 0.489

N 2,749 1,475 1,041 233

Any household member has HI 0.523 0.395 0.774 0.209

Percentage of household members with HI 18.1 (29.7) 37.9 (35.14) 11.32 (27.33) 25.04 (33.30)

Proportion of household members in HI-category

    0 % 0.477 0.605 0.226 0.791

    1–20% 0.127 0.104 0.178 0.039

    21%–50% 0.249 0.189 0.371 0.087

    more than 50% 0.147 0.103 0.224 0.083

N 2,723 1,462 1,031 230

Monthly health insurance premium (Birr) 82.89 (200.25) 104.52 (214.26) 71.07 (193.56) 0.000 (0.000)

N 471 209 242 20

Annual health insurance cap 13057.30 (30215.96) 12614.48 (35415.03) 13742.89 (24049.1) 9857.14 (8198.10)

N 532 275 243 14

Ratio of HI premium to income 0.025 (0.072) 0.036 (0.090) 0.017 (0.053) 0.000 (0.000)

N 471 209 242 20

Who pays for HI

    Employer 0.756 0.757 0.747 0.894

    Self 0.011 0.021 0.004 0.000

    Both 0.233 0.222 0.249 0.106

N 1,414 576 791 47

Notes: Standard deviations are in parentheses; a Fully informed how HI works = 1 if the respondent chose the correct answer for all five questions.