Table 1.
Sample characteristics of the study participants
| Category of Respondents (N = 60) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Category | Users (poor older people) (N = 30) | Providers (N = 15) | Caregiver (N = 15) |
| Gender | Male | 7 | 6 | – |
| Female | 23 | 9 | 15 | |
| Education | None | 19 | – | 8 |
| Basic | 8 | – | 5 | |
| Secondary | 3 | – | 2 | |
| Tertiary | – | 15 | – | |
| Religion | Christianity | 27 | 12 | 14 |
| Islam | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
| Ethnicity | Akan | 25 | 12 | 13 |
| Northerner | 5 | 3 | 2 | |
| Age (years) | 65–69 | 9 | – | – |
| 70–74 | 6 | – | – | |
| 75–79 | 3 | – | – | |
| 80–84 | 4 | – | – | |
| 85–89 | 3 | – | – | |
| 90 or over | 5 | |||
| Have you registered for NHIS before? | Yes | 30 | – | – |
| No | – | – | – | |
| Is your NHIS active? | Yes | 23 | – | – |
| No | 7 | |||
| If No, why? | Do not know it must be renewed annually | 3 | ||
| Travel time and cost is too high | 1 | |||
| Poor quality of care for those paying with NHIS | 2 | |||
| Poor network | 1 | |||