Table 2 Reasons for non-NHIS membership by socio-economic quintiles
From: Refusal to enrol in Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme: is affordability the problem?
Reason | Socio-economic quintile (%) a | Pearson’s χ 2b | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
First | Second | Third | Fourth | Fifth | ||
Premium/registration fee is expensive | ||||||
Uninsured (n=634) | 31.23 | 23.19 | 19.56 | 15.56 | 10.57 | 2.11 |
Partial insured (n=128) | 28.13 | 27.34 | 19.53 | 17.19 | 7.81 | |
Members do not fall sick | ||||||
Uninsured (n=223) | 10.31 | 20.18 | 24.22 | 17.49 | 27.80 | 7.45 |
Partial insured (n=101) | 14.85 | 21.78 | 20.79 | 25.74 | 16.83 | |
Other | ||||||
Uninsured (n=131) | 16.03 | 20.61 | 19.08 | 16.03 | 28.24 | 8.21* |
Partial insured (n=44) | 9.09 | 29.55 | 29.55 | 20.45 | 11.36 | |