Table 2.
Knowledge Assessing Characteristics of the Respondents
| Variables | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Have you ever heard CBHI | Yes | 272 | 83.7 |
| No | 53 | 16.3 | |
| Source of information on CBHI | Family | 152 | 46.8 |
| Television | 89 | 27.4 | |
| Friends | 49 | 15.1 | |
| Magazine | 35 | 10.8 | |
| Are you aware of the benefits package of CBHI | Yes | 165 | 50.8 |
| No | 160 | 49.2 | |
| The community-based health insurance scheme will pay for your medical expenses when you get sick | True | 146 | 44.9 |
| False | 139 | 42.8 | |
| I am not sure | 40 | 12.3 | |
| The CBHI scheme will cover the health care services gained by the formally employed and not employed households once joined to the CBHI scheme | True | 148 | 45.5 |
| False | 84 | 25.8 | |
| I am not sure | 93 | 28.6 | |
| Both the rich and the poor will receive proper healthcare of the same quality without catastrophic medical cost when becoming a member of the CBHI scheme | True | 202 | 62.2 |
| False | 50 | 15.4 | |
| I am not sure | 73 | 22.5 | |
| The quality of healthcare services will be almost the same throughout the whole country once the country implemented the community based-health insurance | True | 142 | 43.7 |
| False | 71 | 21.8 | |
| I am not sure | 112 | 34.5 | |
| You will receive services from the referred contracted higher health facilities with no out of pocket money when your health is needing a specialized health care setup. | True | 121 | 37.2 |
| False | 46 | 14.2 | |
| I am not sure | 158 | 48.6 | |
| The community-based health insurance covers the cost of pharmaceutical care and diagnostic tests for referred cases | True | 100 | 30.8 |
| False | 78 | 24.0 | |
| I am not sure | 147 | 45.2 | |
| The community-based health insurance scheme excludes treatment abroad, kidney dialysis/treatments, artificial teeth, and plastic surgery | True | 128 | 39.4 |
| False | 69 | 21.2 | |
| I am not sure | 128 | 39.4 | |
| The community-based health insurance scheme pays for the services received from only governmental health institutions | True | 48 | 14.8 |
| False | 121 | 37.2 | |
| I am not sure | 156 | 48.0 | |
| Allow people to have equal/fair access to skilled health professionals and/to finance for health care | True | 192 | 59.1 |
| False | 52 | 16.0 | |
| I am not sure | 81 | 24.9 |