Health Believes and Willingness to Pay (WTP) for Social Health Insurance in Post Conflicts Fragile State South Sudan
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Background: Funding of healthcare in Post conflict fragile state South Sudan is mainly done by international donors. Economic growth in such states, is likely to plunge between ($ 1.4 and $ 2.8) billion. Post conflict fragile states have higher rate of infectious and communicable diseases. Aim is to establish that post conflict fragile state South Sudanese are willing to pay for social health insurance. The study is to fill this literature gap.Households are susceptible and varies in health risks behaviour. Sudden illness sparks sense of illness affecting. Households cue to providing medical treatments. Successful treatments inspired households. Our desire to achieve in the community; enhances believes in treatment helping illness. Methods: A modified version of (Form (II), questionnaire was used in this research. The aim was to measure the health believes of Post Conflict Fragile State South Sudanese and willingness to pay for social health insurance. A Two-way analysis of variance was used. There were 205 females and 518 males among the sampled, family sizes. Household income, was 5,00 to above 3,600 South Sudanese pounds. Type of pecuniary were (land ownerships, cash deposits, crop stock, animal stock, machinery). Respondents were asked years’ worked on range of (3, 7, 11) years. Results: A mean of approximately 3,777 South Sudanese pounds ($ 32 USD) was established. The female gender had mean of about 3,134 SSPs compared to 4,032 SSPs of the male counterpart. Family sizes, (11 to 15) and (16 to 20) heads had mean of 6,429 and 5,036 pounds. The model was able to explain 37.03% percent of the mean variations, (P-value = 0.0045). Discussion: This finding is superior to the $ 11.12 annual premium from Northeast Ethiopia. This research has noted the shift in individual behaviour towards preventive health behaviours. The degree of fragility is a limitation. Conclusions: Social health insurance can finance healthcare services in post conflict fragile state South Sudan. Health believed model is relevant to health insurance and it is important in demonstrating behavioral change.
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