Education and Experience as Determinants of Micro Health Insurance Enrolment

Author:

Savitha Basri1ORCID,Banerjee Subrato23ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Manipal Institute of Management, Centre for Advanced Research in Financial Inclusion, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India.

2. University of Melbourne (Australia India Institute), Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

3. Queensland University of Technology (BEST Centre), Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Abstract

Background: India faces a formidable challenge of providing universal health coverage to its uninsured population in the informal sector of the economy. Numerous micro health insurance (MHI) schemes have emerged as health financing mechanisms to reduce medical-illness-induced poverty. Existing research shows that the purchase of health insurance is most likely to be determined by health status, expected healthcare expenditure, and past health experiences in addition to socio-economic variables. We add to the understanding of various factors influencing enrolment in MHI from an Indian perspective. Methods: A survey was carried out to collect quantitative data in three districts in the state of Karnataka, India. Results: We show that education does not matter as significantly as experience does, in the determination of new insurance purchases. In other words, the importance of new insurance is not understood by those who are merely educated, but by those who have either fallen ill, or have previously seen the hazards of usurious borrowing. Conclusion: Our study provides deeper insights into the role of usurious borrowing and past illness in determining insurance purchases and highlights the formidable challenge of financial sustainability in the MHI market of India.

Publisher

Maad Rayan Publishing Company

Subject

Health Policy,Health Information Management,Leadership and Management,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Health(social science)

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