Healthcare providers' satisfaction with participation in private health insurance scheme in a city in the southern Nigeria
The Nigerian Health Journal
; 23(3): 810-818, 2023. tables
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ABSTRACT
Health insurance coverage in Nigeria is still very low as over 70% of health care expenditure is financed by out-of-pocket payment. Health care providers are critical participants in the private health insurance scheme, therefore, their perception and satisfaction with the scheme is fundamental in ensuring sustainability. This study assessed health providers' satisfaction with private health insurance scheme in Port Harcourt Rivers State.Method:
A descriptive cross-sectional study which engaged a two-stage sampling method to recruit 60 participating health facilities and 180 responding health personnel by simple random sampling at each stage. A structured, pretested interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect data on the levels of satisfaction with the four major domains of satisfaction viz; billing rate, payment models, HMO administrative processes and claims management. Data was analysedusing of SPSS, version 26. Characteristics of the responding facilities were tabulated and compared. Level of satisfaction was deduced by Likert Scale according to the domains of satisfaction. Regression analysis with p-value was set at less than or equal to 0.05 was used to determine the predictors of satisfaction with participation in health insurance. The level of satisfaction with negotiated billing rates, payment models, HMO administrative processes and claims management were analyseddescriptively, and results were presented as means, standard deviation, frequencies and percentages, in tables, pie and bar charts
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Assunto principal:
Atenção à Saúde
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Seguro Saúde
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
The Nigerian Health Journal
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Africa Centre of Excellence in Public Health and Toxicology Research (ACE PUTOR), University of Port Harcourt/NG
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Department of Community Medicine, Rivers State University Teaching Hospital, Port Harcourt/NG
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Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt,/NG
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