Table 4 Payment mechanisms that were used to pay for healthcare for people that consumed healthcare services
Payment mechanism for the respondents | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Abakaliki (urban) | Ezilo (semi-urban) | Nkalagu (rural) | Eke-na-ene (rural) | Enugu (urban) | Udi (semi-urban) | ||||||
| Â | N = 229 | N = 244 | N = 333 | N = 209 | N = 321 | N = 174 | ||||||
| Â | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) |
OOPs | 210 | 91.7 | 205 | 56.0 | 273 | 2.0 | 184 | 88.0 | 311 | 96.9 | 119 | 68.4 |
Reimbursement | 6 | 2.6 | 7 | 4.6 | 19 | 5.7 | 6 | 2.9 | 2 | 0.6 | 15 | 8.6 |
Health insurance | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 0.9 | 7 | 4.0 |
Installment payment | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4.1 | 17 | 5.1 | 18 | 8.6 | 24 | 7.5 | 30 | 17.2 |
In-kind | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | 4 | 1.2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.6 |
Others | 13 | 5.7 | 9 | 2.4 | 19 | 5.7 | 9 | 4.4 | 9 | 2.7 | 2 | 1.2 |
Payment mechanism for other household members | ||||||||||||
| Â | N = 268 | N = 253 | N = 349 | N = 192 | N = 326 | N = 148 | ||||||
| Â | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) |
OOPS | 265 | 98.9 | 204 | 80.6 | 308 | 88.3 | 157 | 81.8 | 298 | 91.4 | 118 | 79.7 |
Reimbursement | 2 | 0.7 | 17 | 6.7 | 7 | 2.0 | 6 | 3.1 | 6 | 1.8 | 13 | 8.8 |
Health insurance | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 3 | 1.6 | 5 | 1.5 | 10 | 6.8 |
Installment | 1 | 0.4 | 19 | 7.5 | 23 | 6.6 | 17 | 8.9 | 14 | 4.3 | 1 | 0.7 |
In-kind | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.7 |
Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |