Health insurance and Out-of-Pocket health care expenditure in Kenya

Abstract

Aim/purpose – The aim of this study was to estimate the effect of health insurance on Out-of-Pocket (OOP) health care expenditure in Kenya. It is informed by persistence in the challenges of access and utilization of quality and affordable health care services. Previously, researchers have estimated the effects of different forms of health care financing on its demand and shown that affordability not only enhances access and use of health services but also cushions people against adverse financial risks associated with catastrophic health care spending.

Keywords

• health insurance
• out-of-pocket
• health care
• two-part model
• kenya
• i13
• i14