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Table 2 DCE insurance payment attributes and levels

From: Health worker preferences for community-based health insurance payment mechanisms: a discrete choice experiment

Number

Payment element

Level

Payment modality

1

Level of capitation payment per individual

A

500 FCFA per child (under 15 years of age) and 1500 FCFA per adult (current level)

B

500 FCFA per child (under 15 years of age) and 1500 FCFA per adult. Children will continue to pay 500 FCFA, while a 1000 FCFA subsidy (financed by an external fourth party) will be added for payment to facilities for each child enrolled

2

Capitation payment schedule

A

Payment one time per year (current schedule)

B

Payment twice per year (each April and July)

C

Payment four times per year (each quarter)

3

Annual allocation of medical supplies/equipment by CBI scheme

A

None (current allocation)

B

Basic medical supplies (cotton, alcohol, Bétadine, Sparadrap)

C

Basic medical supplies (cotton, alcohol, Bétadine, Sparadrap) and medical equipment (tension meter, stethoscope, thermometer, scale, height gauge)

4

Reimbursement of service fees (consultation + medical acts), financed by an external fourth party

A

None (current reimbursement)

B

Reimbursement at 50% the price of service fees paid by non-enrollees

C

Reimbursement at 100% the price of service fees paid by non-enrollees

5

Results-based financing (RBF) – indicator to determine size of payment

A

By individual enrolled (500 FCFA for new enrollees and 250 FCFA for re-enrollees)

B

By household enrolled (2000 FCFA for newly enrolled households and 1000 FCFA for households who renew their membership)

C

A monetary award for the three best health facilities, based on the increase in CBI coverage between the previous and the current year

6

Results-based financing (RBF) – recipient.

A

Individual health agents (distribution of RBF among different team members will be pre-determined and applied district-wide)

B

Global payment for health worker team (method of RBF distribution among different team members will be decided by the facility team members)

C

Local health facility management committee will decide on method of RBF distribution among health workers and facility needs

  1. FCFA: Franc Communauté Financière Africaine CFA, the local currency used in Burkina Faso. 500 FCFA = $1 USD.