Mongolian experiences with health insurance: are success factors unique?

Mongolian experiences with health insurance: are success factors unique?

We describe the health insurance model implemented in Mongolia after the Soviet Bloc collapsed in 1990, and note some of its good features. We then discuss the structural weaknesses that became evident over the first ten years of use, and some current proposals for reform. Finally, we consider the factors that appear to have affected success. We argue that the main constraints are much the same...

Title: Understanding Client Satisfaction with a Health Insurance Scheme in Nigeria: Factors and Enrolees Experiences

Understanding client satisfaction with a health insurance scheme in Nigeria: factors and enrollees experiences

BACKGROUND Health insurance schemes have been widely introduced during this last decade in many African countries, which have strived for improvements in health service provision and the promotion of health care utilization. Client satisfaction with health service provision during the implementation of health insurance schemes has often been neglected since numerous activities take place concur...

National Health Insurance Scheme: How Protected Are Households in Oyo State, Nigeria from Catastrophic Health Expenditure?

Background The major objective of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Nigeria is to protect families from the financial hardship of large medical bills. Catastrophic Health Expenditure (CHE) is rampart in Nigeria despite the take-off of the NHIS. This study aimed to determine if households enrolled in the NHIS were protected from having CHE.   Methods The study took place among 714 h...

Are Health Insurance Markets Competitive?

The United States stands virtually alone among leading industrialized nations in its heavy and increasing reliance on the private insurance sector to intermediate health care for its residents. The assumption underlying this system is that fierce competition among private insurers yields more efficient outcomes, broadly writ (Alain C. Enthoven 1978). However, a comprehensive survey on the state...