TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceived satisfaction with health services under National Health Insurance Scheme
T2 - Clients' perspectives
AU - Badu, Eric
AU - Agyei-Baffour, Peter
AU - Ofori Acheampong, Isaac
AU - Opoku, Maxwell Preprah
AU - Addai-Donkor, Kwasi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - The study aims to explore the perceived satisfaction of insured clients in financing health services through National Health Insurance in Ghana. A quantitative method was used to recruit 380 respondents, selected by multistage cluster sampling. Data were collected through the administration of questionnaires. More than half, 57.9%, of respondents were males, and the average age was 34 years. Most respondents, 74.3%, were insured. Overall, 53.12% of insured clients were dissatisfied with the services of providers. Factors, such as benefit package of insurance, willingness to pay higher premium, and perceived discrimination were significantly associated with poor satisfaction with health services. The current advocacy for and awareness about the use of health insurance as a prepayment plan should be prioritised in policy initiatives. The benefit package for the insurance should be increased in order to cover all disease conditions that afflict the Ghanaian population.
AB - The study aims to explore the perceived satisfaction of insured clients in financing health services through National Health Insurance in Ghana. A quantitative method was used to recruit 380 respondents, selected by multistage cluster sampling. Data were collected through the administration of questionnaires. More than half, 57.9%, of respondents were males, and the average age was 34 years. Most respondents, 74.3%, were insured. Overall, 53.12% of insured clients were dissatisfied with the services of providers. Factors, such as benefit package of insurance, willingness to pay higher premium, and perceived discrimination were significantly associated with poor satisfaction with health services. The current advocacy for and awareness about the use of health insurance as a prepayment plan should be prioritised in policy initiatives. The benefit package for the insurance should be increased in order to cover all disease conditions that afflict the Ghanaian population.
KW - Ghana
KW - health financing
KW - health insurance
KW - health services
KW - patients' satisfaction
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U2 - 10.1002/hpm.2711
DO - 10.1002/hpm.2711
M3 - Article
C2 - 30468521
AN - SCOPUS:85057065554
SN - 0749-6753
VL - 34
SP - e964-e975
JO - International Journal of Health Planning and Management
JF - International Journal of Health Planning and Management
IS - 1
ER -
