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Health Insurance for the Poor? Determinants of Participation in Community-Based Health Insurance Schemes in Rural Senegal

Author: Johannes Jütting 
InfoShare Partner: OECD Development Centre
Publication Date: January 2003
Update Date: July 2006
Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper
Topics: Service delivery
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Language: English
File Size: 277 KB
File Format: Adobe Acrobat (PDF)

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Taking the example of community-based health insurance schemes in rural Senegal this paper identifies the factors explaining participation in these schemes. Several options for designing the schemes in order to address these weaknesses are discussed.