Table 1.
Discrete choice experiment attributes and levels
Attributes | Description | Levels |
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Premium price | This is how much money you pay for health insurance. The listed price is for one person in your family per year. If you buy health insurance, you have to enroll everyone in your family. For example, if you have 4 people in your family and it costs US$2.0/person/year, then it will cost US$8.0 for your family per year | US$1.5, US$2, US$2.5, US$3, US$4 |
Payment frequency | This is when you pay for health insurance. You can pay altogether once a year or you can pay half the amount twice a year | Once; twice |
Hospital fee coverage | This is how much you pay at the referral hospital. You can pay nothing, or pay 20 % of the costs | Pay 20 %; free |
Travel/meal coverage | This is whether the health insurance would cover your initial travel to the health center or referral hospital and for meals for your family members. You can have this covered by health insurance or not | Not covered; covered |
Communication frequency | This is how often you can communicate each year with the community-based organization that operates health insurance. You can communicate once or twice a year, or three to five times a year | 1–2 times; 3–5 times |