Probability and amount of medicines expenditure according to health insurance status in Kenya: A household survey in eight counties
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Date
2021
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Wiley
Abstract
National and county governments in Kenya
have introduced various health insurance schemes to protect households against financial hardship as a result of large
health expenditure. This study examines the relationship
between health insurance and medicine expenditure in eight
counties in Kenya.A cross-sectional study of collected primary data
via household survey in eight counties was performed. Three
measures of medicine expenditure were analysed: the probability of any out-of-pocket expenditure (OOPE) on medicines in the last 4 weeks; amount of OOPE on medicines; and
OOPE on medicines as a proportion of total OOPE on health.
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Keywords
Health insurance, Medicines expenditure, Universal health coverage, Kenya, Public health
Citation
Wirtz, V. J. et al. (2021). Probability and amount of medicines expenditure according to health insurance status in Kenya: A household survey in eight counties. International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 10.1002/hpm.3368