NDLI: Financing rural health services in Kenya

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Mwabu, Germa Wang'ombe, Joseph
Copyright Year	1998
Abstract	The paper analyzes household expenditure on medical care and the willingness to contribute towards service improvements at government health facilities. The analysis is based on survey data from two rural districts in Kenya situated approximately four hundred miles apart. The main finding is that medical care expenditure rises as household income increases, but the probability of willingness to pay fees for service improvement at government clinics declines with income. Income is an important determinant of the willingness to participate in a hypothetical government insurance scheme, with the probability of participation falling as income rises. These results should be interpreted with caution because of the potential for incorrect reporting of the willingness to pay for services that have an element of a social good. The policy implications of the results are briefly discussed.
Starting Page	55
Ending Page	70
Page Count	16
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01675923
Journal	Population Research and Policy Review
Volume Number	17
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	15737829
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	1998-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Demography Economic Policy Population Economics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Demography Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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Financing rural health services in Kenya