From: Evasion of “mandatory” social health insurance for the formal sector: evidence from Lao PDR
Reasons for enrolment | Rating (1–5)a |
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To ensure employees have health care coverage | 4.28 |
To increase employee satisfaction | 4.11 |
To improve health and well-being of employees | 4.08 |
To ensure employees have retirement benefits | 4.00 |
Strong pressure from international bodies | 3.05 |
Strong pressure from Social Security Organization (SSO) | 2.74 |
Strong pressure from employees | 2.72 |
Strong pressure from membership organization | 2.71 |
Reasons for non-enrolment | Rating (1–5)a |
Company benefits are better than social security (SS) benefits | 4.11 |
Do not know much about social security | 3.42 |
Quality of government hospitals not good | 3.22 |
Do not use health care benefits/ staff do not get sick | 3.22 |
Employees do not want SS | 3.12 |
Cost of SSO is too high | 2.97 |
Do not trust that money is used well | 2.83 |
High turnover among employees | 2.57 |
Many temporary employees | 2.38 |
Employees prefer to purchase private insurance | 2.35 |