Incentives in Community-based Health Insurance Schemes

F. Markus Kaiser

ISBN 10: 3631526873 / ISBN 13: 9783631526873

Published by Peter Lang, 2004

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - The author presents a promising tool to increase the coverage rate of community-based health insurance schemes (CBHI) and access to medical care for poor population groups in developing countries. He addresses a key problem of CBHI: Authorities cannot sanction non-members and membership cannot be enforced. Therefore, it is proposed to award membership by offering incentives such as raffle participation for joining a CBHI. This approach attracts new members and can be a motivation to continue membership payments of healthy insurance members. The results of an ex-ante demand analysis conducted in the Philippines are promising. More than 80 % of the respondents would like to participate in the raffle and would even agree to higher premium payments covering additional costs of the raffle.; Dissertationsschrift.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Incentives in Community-based Health Insurance Schemes
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3631526873
• ISBN 13: 9783631526873
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 6D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 6 millimeters depth
• Weight: 160 grams

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Synopsis

The author presents a promising tool to increase the coverage rate of community-based health insurance schemes (CBHI) and access to medical care for poor population groups in developing countries. He addresses a key problem of CBHI: Authorities cannot sanction non-members and membership cannot be enforced. Therefore, it is proposed to award membership by offering incentives such as raffle participation for joining a CBHI. This approach attracts new members and can be a motivation to continue membership payments of healthy insurance members. The results of an ex-ante demand analysis conducted in the Philippines are promising. More than 80 % of the respondents would like to participate in the raffle and would even agree to higher premium payments covering additional costs of the raffle.

About the Author

The Author: F. Markus Kaiser studied Health Sciences and Political Science in Kiel, Bielefeld and Oslo. He currently works for the AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center, Tainan (Taiwan) as a Grant Development Coordinator.