| dc.description.abstract | The objective of the study was to investigate the factors affecting accessibility of health insurance facilities in Uganda with specific objectives like to assess media factors affecting the accessibility for community, employer provided and private health insurance among women in Uganda and to ascertain the impact of demographic factors on women’s accessibility for different types of health insurance. A secondary data review using the UBOS 2016 survey was used and a sample of 15806 respondents was taken and this was stratified to capture the central region specifically. Data cleaning, manipulation and structuring was done using STATA and Chi square and Logistic regression was used to access the factors affecting accessibility of health insurance.
The study findings revealed that transitioning to private-provided health insurance, the analysis underscores the role of place of residence, indicating that individuals in "Rural" areas possess an odds ratio of 0.601, suggesting they are approximately 0.601 times as likely to hold private insurance compared to urban residents. Yet, it's crucial to note that this distinction lacks statistical significance, as evident from the p-value of 0.459. In the context of education, individuals with primary education display a notably reduced odds ratio of 0.067, indicating significantly lower odds of having private insurance, with a statistically significant p-value of 0.022. Conversely, for those with "secondary" education, the odds ratio is 0.537, implying a diminished likelihood of private insurance, although this difference lacks statistical significance, as indicated by the p-value of 0.305.
The study concluded that individuals categorized as "Richer" within the wealth index display a distinct odds ratio of 0.456 compared to the "Poorest" group, indicating a reduced likelihood of holding this type of insurance. This difference is of statistical significance, as indicated by the p-value of 0.033. Shifting focus to education, those with "primary" and "secondary" education levels exhibit significantly lower odds ratios of 0.012 and 0.167, respectively, when compared to those with "No education," underlining the connection between education and a heightened likelihood of possessing community-provided health insurance.
The study recommended that to understand the demographic and media factors affecting enrolment into community provided health insurance, employer provided health insurance and privately purchased health insurance amongst women from developed and underdeveloped countries, other researchers should undertake a comparative study to this effect. | en_US |
