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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 2.
Published in final edited form as: Health Syst Reform. 2018 Nov 6;4(4):346–361. doi: 10.1080/23288604.2018.1513267

Table 5.

NHIF Annual Cash Flow Outlook for a Hypothetical Population of One Million Informal Sector Principal Members (in KES)a

Scenario 1 Scenario 2
Number of principal members 1,000,000 1,000,000
Dependency ratio 2 4
Number of dependents 2,000,000 4,000,000
Total membership 3,000,000 5,000,000
Monthly premium contribution 500 KES 500 KES
Annual premium contribution 6,000 KES 6,000 KES
Total annual premium contribution 6,000,000,000 KES 6,000,000,000 KES
Annual outpatient capitation rate 1,200 KES 1,200 KES
Total annual capitation paid 3,600,000,000 KES 6,000,000 KES
Annual inpatient claim 1,475 KES 1,475 KES
Total annual inpatient claim 4,425,000,000 KES 7,375,000,000 KES
Percentage of administrative cost 7.5% 22%
Total annual administrative cost 450,000,000 KES 1,320,000,000 KES
Total payout 8,475,000,000 KES 14,695,000,000 KES
Net annual cash flows 2,475,000,000 KES 8,695,000,000 KES
% Deficit 29% 59%
a

Assumes current level of administative costs and the NHIF assumption for dependency ratio.