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. 2017 Feb 15;12(2):e0172050. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172050

Table 4. Health insurance among participants.

HIV/AIDS services P-value
Central Provincial District Total
  n % n % n % n %
Having health insurance
Yes 158 57.0 109 39.9 254 43.6 521 46.0 <0.01
No 119 43.0 164 60.1 329 56.4 612 54.0
Number of family members with health insurance
0 39 14.2 57 20.9 89 15.6 185 16.5 0.01
1 43 15.6 56 20.5 150 26.3 249 22.3
2 73 26.6 71 26.0 141 24.7 285 25.5
3 57 20.7 49 18.0 105 18.4 211 18.9
4 42 15.3 25 9.2 50 8.8 117 10.5
> = 5 21 7.6 15 5.5 36 6.3 72 6.4
Types of health insurance
Voluntary 136 49.1 65 23.8 187 32.1 388 34.3 <0.01
Compulsory 93 33.6 111 40.7 187 32.1 391 34.5 0.05
Health insurance for the poor 28 10.1 64 23.4 96 16.5 188 16.6 <0.01
Health insurance for children under 6 39 14.1 46 16.9 66 11.3 151 13.3 0.08
Inadequate Information about health insurance
Yes 69 25.7 160 59.7 171 30.4 400 36.4 <0.01
No 200 74.4 108 40.3 392 69.6 700 63.6
Difficulty accessing health insurance
Yes 37 13.8 78 29.1 115 20.7 230 21.0 <0.01
No 232 86.3 190 70.9 442 79.4 864 79.0
Difficulty using health insurance
Yes 51 19.2 46 17.6 119 21.4 216 19.9 0.01
No 137 51.5 123 47.1 309 55.5 569 52.5
Unknown 78 29.3 92 35.3 129 23.2 299 27.6
Difficulty paying for health insurance
Yes 44 16.5 54 20.7 103 18.7 201 18.7 <0.01
No 191 71.8 117 44.8 328 59.5 636 59.0
Unknown 31 11.7 90 34.5 120 21.8 241 22.4
Expected frequency of paying for health insurance
Monthly 28 10.5 19 7.1 56 10.0 103 9.4 <0.01
Quarterly 15 5.6 32 11.9 45 8.0 92 8.4
Every six months 23 8.7 17 6.3 42 7.5 82 7.5
Annually 183 68.8 136 50.8 343 60.9 662 60.4
Unknown 17 6.4 64 23.9 77 13.7 158 14.4

HI = health insurance