Households Characteristics Influencing Enrollment into Health Financing Schemes in Siaya County, Kenya
Keywords:
Kenya, Health Financing Schemes, Enrollment, Universal Coverage, Health InsuranceAbstract
Health insurance delivers the capacity for the government to raise additional funds for essential public health services and provide cover through risk sharing, and promote access to health care services especially amongst poorer sections of the population. Hence it is one aspect of social security and a poverty reduction strategy. Hence the purpose of the study was to establish individual households
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