Table 3.

Willingness to join a NHIS and preferred design features

Variable	Number (%)
Support for implementation of compulsory NHIS
• Strongly support	304 (51.4)
• Support	246 (41.6)
• Oppose	27 (4.6)
• Strongly oppose	14 (2.4)
Total	591 (100)
Preferred revenue collecting organization
• Public	306 (51.8)
• Private	69 (11.7)
• A combination of public and private features	189 (32.0)
• Don’t know	27 (4.6)
Total	591 (100)
Design of NHIS contribution rates
• All Kenyans should pay equal amounts	102 (17.3)
• The rich should pay more than the poor	275 (46.5)
• The poor should not pay at all	205 (34.7)
• Don’t know	9 (1.5)
Total	591 (100)
Willing to join NHIS
• Yes	506 (85.6)
• No	69 (11.7)
• Don’t know	16 (2.7)
Total	591 (100)
Willing to make contributions to support health care for the poorest Kenyans
• Yes	522 (88.3)
• No	56 (9.5)
• Don’t know	13 (2.2)
Total	591 (100)
Reasons for wanting to join NHIS
• Cheap way to access care	127 (21.5)
• Free health care for all Kenyans	343 (58.0)
• Comprehensive benefit package	43 (7.3)
• Compulsory	41 (6.9)
• Other	37 (6.3)
Total	591 (100)