AWARENESS AND UTILIZATION OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME IN EDO STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorINEGBEDION, Uwayeme Edna
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-27T09:39:31Z
dc.date.available2015-11-27T09:39:31Z
dc.date.issued2015-06
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER DEGREE IN GEOGRAPHY, FACULTY OF SCIENCE, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARia.en_US
dc.description.abstractNational Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is a strategy by the government for reducing maternal, morbidity and mortality rate because adequate utilization of the health care scheme is associated with improved health outcomes. This study investigated awareness and utilization of National Health Insurance scheme in Edo State, Nigeria. Systematic random sampling technique was used to select the 400 respondents from the study area. Data were collected using questionnaire and Focus Group Discussion. Questionnaires collected and analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. Both descriptive and inferential statistic was used to analyze the data generated and the significance level was set at 0.05. Most of the respondents 387 (99.9%) received all the services which includes physiotherapy services, immunization, family planning, eye Examination, preventive dental care, and mental health care.The findings also revealed that majority of the respondents (90%) are aware of NHIS and 65% utilized the scheme. The study found age variance, income, occupation, education, marital status, number of children and religion as a major factors controlling the awareness and utilization of NHIS. Findings revealed a high correlation between income occupation and education levels of respondents and frequency of NHIS usage. The correlation was significant at p ≤ 0.05 levels (α = 0.05). The study also revealed a high correlation between education and income levels of respondents with frequent of NHIS visit that was significant at alpha 0.05. The study recommends that adequate infrastructures, training and evaluation units that should be provided to the scheme that able to keep corruption under control and among others although awareness is high. However there should be intensive sensitization and mobilization by the health department in the following areas which include Akoko Edo,Esan-West and Uhunmwodeen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/7211
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectAWARENESS,en_US
dc.subjectUTILIZATION,en_US
dc.subjectNATIONAL,en_US
dc.subjectHEALTH,en_US
dc.subjectINSURANCE,en_US
dc.subjectSCHEME,en_US
dc.subjectEDO STATE,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAen_US
dc.titleAWARENESS AND UTILIZATION OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME IN EDO STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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