Systematic Review of Willingness to Pay for Health Insurance in Low and Middle Income Countries

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 11; no. 6; p. e0157470
• Main Authors: Nosratnejad, Shirin, Rashidian, Arash, Dror, David Mark
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 30.06.2016; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Analysis; Confidence intervals; Developing Countries; Economics; Expenditures; Family size; Financing, Personal - economics; Grey literature; Health care; Health care policy; Health informatics; Health insurance; Health insurance industry; Health services; Health Services Accessibility - economics; Households; Humans; Income; Informal economy; Insurance; Insurance coverage; Insurance, Health - economics; Literature reviews; Mathematical analysis; Medicine and Health Sciences; Meta-analysis; Methods; National health insurance; Physical Sciences; Population; Poverty; Research and Analysis Methods; Rural areas; Rural Population; Science; Search strategies; Social Sciences; Studies; Systematic review; Universal Health Insurance - economics; Willingness to pay; Cameroon; Iran; Africa; India

Access to healthcare is mostly contingent on out-of-pocket spending (OOPS) by health seekers, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This would require many LMICs to raise enough funds to achieve universal health insurance coverage. But, are individuals or households willing to pa...