Table 1 Characteristics of schemes
Name of Scheme | Insurance Type | Country | Year | Entity responsible for scheme | Targeted Groups | Policy for Vulnerable groups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amader Shasthya [22] | MHI | Bangladesh | 2012 | Research Organization | Chakaria sub district residents | Subsidy rate for the bottom 20% of the population |
Labor Association for Social Protection [23] | MHI | Bangladesh | NR | Cooperative | Informal sector | NR |
CBHI | Burkina Faso | 2004 | District Government | Nouna District residents | Reduced premium for the poorest | |
Bamenda Ecclesiastical Provincial Health Assistance [26] | CBHI | Cameroon | NR | NPO | Residents of Bui and Donga-Mantung administrative divisions of North-West Cameroon | NR |
New Rural Cooperative Medical Scheme [27] | SHI | China | 2003 | Central Government | Rural population | NR |
Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance [27] | SHI | China | 1990 | Central Government | Urban Employees | NR |
Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance [27] | SHI | China | 2007 | Central Government | Urban non-employees including adolescents and children | NR |
Contributory social health insurance [28] | SHI | Colombia | NR | Central Government | Formal sector and their dependents | None |
Subsidized Regime [28] | NCS* | Colombia | NR | Central Government | Low-income populations | Subsidies for lower-income populations |
Ghana National Health Insurance [29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48] | SHI | Ghana | 2003 | Central Government | Whole Population | Exemptions for indigents, elderly, children |
Jeevan Sanjivani [49] | MHI | India | 2011 | NPO | Kanpur Dehat Residents-rural area (among the poorest states in India) | NR |
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana [50] | SHI | India | 2008 | State Government | Households below poverty level | NR |
Sanjivan i[49] | MHI | India | 2011 | NPO | Pratapgarh Residents- rural area (among the poorest states in India) | NR |
Swastha Kama l[49] | MHI | India | 2011 | NPO | Vaishali Residents- rural area (among the poorest states in India) | NR |
Iran Health Insurance Organization [51] | SHI | Iran | NR | Central Government | Formal civil servants, informal and self-employed, residents of rural areas and small towns and minorities | Compulsory enrollment for groups that receive government subsidies |
National Hospital Insurance Fund [52] | SHI | Kenya | 1967 | Central Government | Whole Population | 100% subsidy through the Health Insurance Subsidy Program for the Poor |
Community Health Fund [53] | CBHI | Laos | 2001 | Central Government | Self-employed & Informal sector | NR |
Chandranigahapur Hospital of Rautahat district CBHI scheme [54] | CBHI | Nepal | 2005/06 | Central Government | Catchment area of Chandranigahapur Hospital | Subsidy rate |
CBHI | Rwanda | 1999 | Central Government | Informal sector and rural population | Poorest 16% exempted from premium payment | |
Ndondol [56] | CBHI | Senegal | 2001 | NPO | Informal and agricultural population | NR |
Plan Sesame [48] | NCS | Senegal | 2006 | Central Government | Older Population | NR |
Soppante [56] | CBHI | Senegal | 1997 | NPO | Informal sector | NR |
Wer Ak Werle [56] | CBHI | Senegal | 2000 | NPO | Informal traders | NR |
SHI | South Africa | 2005 | Central Government | Civil servants | Subsidy for low-income members | |
Multiple Micro-Insurance Companies [59] | MHI | Sri Lanka | NR | NPO | Poor households | NR |
Community Health Fund [60] | CBHI | Tanzania | 2001 | District Government | Rural Informal Sector | Exemptions for poor households |
Compulsory Health Insurance [61] | SHI | Vietnam | 1993 | Central Government | Civil servants, formal sector, pensioners, children below six years | NR |
Health Care for the poor [61] | NCS | Vietnam | 2003 | Central Government | Poor & ethnic minorities | 100% subsidy for the poor |
Student Health Insurance [62] | SHI | Vietnam | 1995 | Central Government | Students | None |