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Table 2 Health related characteristics of study participants in Bugna district, 2016

From: Willingness to pay for community-based health insurance and associated factors among rural households of Bugna District, Northeast Ethiopia

Variable

Description

Number

Percent (95% CI)

Self-reported health status of HHs (n = 532)

Very poor

11

2.1 (1.1, 3.7)

Poor

72

13.5 (10.8, 16.7)

Medium

196

36.5 (32.8, 41.0)

Good

189

35.5 (31.5, 39.7)

Very good

64

12.4 (9.5, 15.0)

Chronic illness (n = 532)

No

445

83.6 (80.2, 86.5)

Yes

87

16.4 (13.4, 19.7)

Any illness during the past 3 months (n = 532)

No

314

59.0 (54.7, 63.1)

Yes

218

41.0 (36.8, 45.2)

Get treatment (n = 218)

No

73

33.5 (29.5, 37.5)

Yes

145

66.5 (58.6, 74.7)

Coverage of the health care cost (n = 145)

Self

135

93.1 (87.5, 96.2)

Free/community or Gov.

10

6.9 (3.3, 11.9)

Satisfaction with health care service and costs (n = 145)

Very dissatisfied

4

2.7 (1.0, 7.1)

Dissatisfied

11

7.6 (4.2, 13.2)

Neutral

13

9.0 (5.2, 14.9)

Satisfied

88

60.7 (52.4, 68.3)

Very satisfied

29

20.0 (14.2, 27.3)

Perceived quality of the health care service in the district (n = 145)

Very low

3

2.0 (0.6, 6.2)

Low

12

8.3 (4.7, 14.0)

Medium

12

8.3 (4.7, 14.0)

High

89

61.4 (53.1, 69.0)

Very high

29

20.0 (14.2, 27.3)

Concern of the HH for covering health care costs (n = 145)

Very difficult

28

19.3 (13.6, 26.6)

Difficult

68

46.9 (38.8, 55.1)

Not difficult

49

33.8 (26.4, 41.9)

Borrow money for medical costs (n = 145)

No

82

56.6 (51.9, 60.4

Yes

63

43.4 (33.8, 47.6)

Home distance from health centre or hospital in minutes

< 30 min

132

24.8 (21.3, 28.6)

30-min to 1 h

185

34.8 (30.8, 38.9)

1 h ≤ 2 h

121

22.7 (17.1, 29.9)

> 2 h

94

17.7 (14.6, 21.1)