Table 4 Subscriber perception about the positive attributes of capitation payment
Statement category (N=344) | Answer categories | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
(Strongly) agree | (Strongly) dis-agree | Don't Know | χ; P-value | |
Frequency (%) | ||||
Capitation will drive down cost | 239 (69) | 75 (22) | 30 (9) | |
Male (n=63) | 37 (59) | 18 (29) | 8 (12) | 4.687; 0.196 |
Female (n=281) | 202 (72) | 57 (20) | 22 (8) | |
Urban (n=188) | 126 (67) | 47 (25) | 15 (8) | 3.645; 0.302 |
Rural (n=156) | 113 (72) | 28 (18) | 15 (10) | |
Capitation will improve quality of care | 203 (59) | 118 (34) | 23 (7) | |
Male | 29 (46) | 27 (43) | 7 (11) | 7.190; 0.066 |
Female | 174 (62) | 91 (32) | 16 (5) | |
Urban | 110 (59) | 68 (36) | 10 (5) | 4.583; 0.205 |
Rural | 93 (60) | 50 (32) | 13 (8) | |
Capitation stops provider shopping | 248 (72) | 51 (15) | 45 (13) | |
Male | 37 (58) | 15 (24) | 11 (18) | 7.602; 0.055 |
Female | 211 (75) | 36 (13) | 34 (12) | |
Urban | 131 (70) | 28 (15) | 29 (15) | 2.077; 0.557 |
Rural | 117 (75) | 23 (15) | 16 (10) | |
Capitation encourages better diagnosis & treatment | 278 (81) | 63 (18) | 3 (1) | |
Male | 48 (76) | 14 (22) | 1 (2) | 1.919; 0.589 |
Female | 230 (82) | 49 (17) | 2 (1) | |
Urban | 138 (73) | 49 (26) | 1 (1) | 17.935; 0.000 |
Rural | 140 (90) | 14 (9) | 2 (1) | |
Capitation makes treatment easy and effective | 273 (79) | 67 (19) | 4 (2) | |
Male | 47 (75) | 15 (24) | 1 (1) | 2.171; 0.538 |
Female | 226 (80) | 52 (19) | 3 (1) | |
Urban | 139 (74) | 47 (25) | 2 (1) | 8.636; 0.035 |
Rural | 134 (86) | 20 (13) | 2 (1) | |