ArticleInternational journal of health economics and management2021
Impact of community-based health insurance on utilisation of preventive health services in rural Uganda: a propensity score matching approach.
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- Disparities in modern health service utilization between community-based health insurance member and non-member households in Ethiopia: a meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- Impact of community-based health insurance in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- What improves access to primary healthcare services in rural communities? A systematic review.BMC primary care · 2022Pooled it
- The role of health financing system and pluralism in achieving sustainable development goal health outcomes in India: a multilevel analysis.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- Enrollment or dropout: dynamics of social health insurance participation among Chinese children and their impact on health service utilization and medical expenses.Health policy and planning · 2026Article
- Examining the potential of mobile money-based health insurance for people living with HIV and hypertension or diabetes in Uganda.Frontiers in health services · 2026Article
- Socioeconomic impacts of community-based health insurance: evidence from Gondar Zuria District, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia.Health research policy and systems · 2025Article
- Effect of community-based health insurance on catastrophic health expenditure among chronic disease patients in Asella referral hospital, Southeast Ethiopia: a comparative cross-sectional study.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Impact of community-based health insurance on health services utilisation among vulnerable households in Amhara region, Ethiopia.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Effectiveness and impact of community-based health insurance on health service utilization in northwest Ethiopia: a quasi-experimental evaluation.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Is there an ex-ante moral hazard on Indonesia's health insurance? An impact analysis on household waste management behavior.PloS one · 2022Article
- The Impact of Community-Based Health Insurance on Household's Welfare in Chilga District, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
The effect of voluntary health insurance on preventive health has received limited research attention in developing countries, even when they suffer immensely from easily preventable illnesses. This paper surveys households in rural south-western Uganda, which are geographically serviced by a voluntary Community-based health insurance scheme, and applied propensity score matching to assess the effect of enrolment on using mosquito nets and deworming under-five children. We find that enrolment in the scheme increased the probability of using a mosquito net by 26% and deworming by 18%. We postulate that these findings are partly mediated by information diffusion and social networks, financial protection, which gives households the capacity to save and use service more, especially curative services that are delivered alongside preventive services. This paper provides more insight into the broader effects of health insurance in developing countries, beyond financial protection and utilisation of hospital-based services.
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