The Factors Associated with Ownership of Health Insurance Among Women of Reproductive Health in Guyana
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Women of reproductive age are one vulnerable group because of the phase of pregnancy, childbirth, and contraceptive use. Due to those reasons, they need to be covered by health insurance. However, the coverage of health insurance remains low, especially in developing countries including Guyana. This study aimed to examine the factors associated with ownership of health insurance among women of reproductive age. This study used the data from Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey Wave 6 (MICS6) Guyana in 2019-2020. Totally, 5,470 women met the criteria. The multivariate analysis was done by 2 models including the community characteristics. It was found some factors related to having or not having health insurance, including living in Damerara-Mahaica and Mahaica-Berbice regions, having Muslim, female, and from Amerindian, East Indian, and Mixed ethnic of household head, having a higher wealth index and education level, aged 30-34, and formerly marriage or never married. The health insurance scheme needs to be arranged especially at tat regional level to ensure women can access maternal services easily and effectively.
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Rusmitasari, H., Santoso, E., Sari, D., Sari, M., Supriatin, S., Maretalinia, M., & Suyitno, S. (2024). The Factors Associated with Ownership of Health Insurance Among Women of Reproductive Health in Guyana. Unnes Journal of Public Health, 13(1), 39-48. https://doi.org/10.15294/ujph.v13i1.70196
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Likka, M. H., Handalo, D. M., Weldsilase, Y. A., & Sinkie, S. O. (2018). The effect of community-based health insurance schemes on utilization of healthcare services in low-and middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol of quantitative evidence. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 16(3), 653–661.
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Misir, P. (2015). Health care reform in Guyana. Social Medicine, 9(1), 36–47. https://doi.org/10.4103/1119-3077.154196
Molk, P. (2016). The ownership of health insurers. U. Ill. L. Rev., 873.
Oesman, H. (2017). The pattern of contraceptive use and utilization of BPJS-health card on family planning services in Indonesia. Jakarta: Pusat Penelitian Dan Pengembangan Keluarga Berencana Dan Keluarga Sejahtera, Badan Kependudukan Dan Keluarga Berencana. J Kesehat Reproduksi, 8(1), 2017.
Pisani, E., Olivier Kok, M., & Nugroho, K. (2017). Indonesia’s road to universal health coverage: a political journey. Health Policy and Planning, 32(2), 267–276. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czw120
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Sari, A. N., Susanti, A. I., Indraswari, N., Ekawati, R., & Suhenda, D. (2021). An Analysis of Sociodemography, Knowledge, Source of Information, and Health Insurance Ownership on the Behaviour of Women of Childbearing Age in Contraception Use in West Java. Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, 21(3), 183–191. https://doi.org/10.37268/mjphm/vol.21/no.3/art.964
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Tlou, B., Sartorius, B., & Tanser, F. (2017). Space-time patterns in maternal and mother mortality in a rural South African population with high HIV prevalence (2000–2014): results from a population-based cohort. BMC Public Health, 17(1), 543. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4463-9
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Wang, Y., Wang, X., Ji, L., & Huang, R. (2021). Sociodemographic inequalities in health insurance ownership among women in selected francophone countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. BioMed Research International, 2021.
World Health Organization. (2003). Community based health insurance schemes in developing countries: facts, problems and perspectives. World Health Organization.
World Health Organization. (2018). WHO country cooperation strategy at a glance: Guyana. World Health Organization.