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Table 4 Health Systems and Community Factors by Insurance Status

From: Does insurance protect individuals from catastrophic payments for surgical care? An analysis of Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme at Korle-Bu teaching Hospital

Variable

Health insurance status

P-value (Fischer’s exact test)

 

Insured

Uninsured

 

Regular health care provider % (N)

 Yes

86.5 (109)

76.1 (51)

0.074

 No

13.5 (17)

23.9 (16)

Type of health facility

 Tertiary/Teaching Hospital

45.7 (58)

42.0 (29)

0.871

 Public/Quasi/Private Hospital

19.7 (25)

23.2 (16)

 Polyclinic

28.3 (36)

30.4 (21)

 Other

6.3 (8)

4.4 (3)

Distance to home facility

 <1 KM-10 KM

11.8 (15)

13.0 (9)

0.526

 11-15KM

16.6 (21)

17.4 (12)

 16-20KM

41.7 (53)

49.3 (34)

 >20 KM

29.9 (38)

20.3 (14)

Healthcare utilization

 Mean number of health facility visits (in last three months)

3.1

2.2

0.003