The impact of community-based health insurance on the utilization of medically trained healthcare providers among informal workers in Bangladesh Ahmed, S, Sarker, AR, Sultana, M, Chakrovorty, S, Ahmed, MW, Dorin, F, Mirelman, AJ, Islam, Z, Rahman, MH, Niessen, LW, Rehnberg, C and Khan, JAM 2018, The impact of community-based health insurance on the utilization of medically trained healthcare providers among informal workers in Bangladesh, PLoS ONE, vol. 13, no. 7, pp. 1-16, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0200265. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads sultana-impactofcommunity-2018.pdf Published version application/pdf 2.23MB 13 Title The impact of community-based health insurance on the utilization of medically trained healthcare providers among informal workers in Bangladesh Author(s) Ahmed, S Sarker, AR Sultana, M Chakrovorty, S Ahmed, MW Dorin, F Mirelman, AJ Islam, Z Rahman, MH Niessen, LW Rehnberg, C Khan, JAM Journal name PLoS ONE Volume number 13 Issue number 7 Article ID e0200265 Start page 1 End page 16 Total pages 16 Publisher PLOS Place of publication San Francisco, CA Publication date 2018-07-11 ISSN 1932-6203 1932-6203 Keyword(s) Science & Technology Multidisciplinary Sciences Science & Technology - Other Topics SEEKING BEHAVIOR RURAL BANGLADESH SAMPLE-SIZES ASIA PAYMENTS Summary We aimed to estimate the impact of a Community-Based Health Insurance (CBHI) scheme on utilization of healthcare from medically trained providers (MTP) by informal workers. A quasi-experimental study was conducted where insured households were included in the intervention group and uninsured households in comparison group. In total 1,292 (646 insured and 646 uninsured) households were surveyed from Chandpur district comprising urban and rural areas after 1 year period of CBHI introduction. Matching of the characteristics of insured and uninsured groups was performed using a propensity score matching approach to minimize the observed baseline differences among the groups. Multilevel logistic regression model, with adjustment for individual and household characteristics was used for estimating association between healthcare utilization from the MTP and insurance enrolment. The utilization of healthcare from MTP was significantly higher in the insured group (50.7%) compared to the uninsured group (39.4%). The regression analysis demonstrated that the CBHI beneficiaries were 2.111 (95% CI: 1.458–3.079) times more likely to utilize healthcare from MTP.CBHI scheme increases the utilization of MTP among informal workers. Ensuring such healthcare for these workers and their dependents is a challenge in many low and middle income countries. The implementation and scale-up of CBHI schemes have the potential to address this challenge of universal health coverage. Language eng DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0200265 Indigenous content off HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2018, Ahmed et al. Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30145515 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health and Social Development Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open access)     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 20 Nov 2020, 07:26:32 EST Sat, 21 Nov 2020, 04:00:41 EST Sat, 16 Jan 2021, 05:12:02 EST Fri, 05 Feb 2021, 09:27:56 EST Fri, 05 Feb 2021, 09:30:44 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 4 times in TR Web of Science Cited 4 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 19 Abstract Views, 13 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 20 Nov 2020, 07:26:32 EST

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