Studies Conducted at Department of Health and Social Welfare on Public Health Recently Published (Factors Associated with the Implementation of an Improved Community Health Fund in the Ubungo Municipality Area, Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania): Health and Medicine – Public Health

2022 MAY 27 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- New research on public health is the subject of a new report. According to news originating from the Department of Health and Social Welfare by NewsRx editors, the research stated, “Community-based health insurance schemes help households to afford healthcare services. This paper describes healthcare facilities and community factors that are associated with the Improved Community Health Fund (iCHF) scheme in the Ubungo district of Tanzania.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Department of Health and Social Welfare: “A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted using online questionnaires that were completed by healthcare providers and community members in public-owned healthcare facilities in the Ubungo Municipal Council district of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, between October and November 2021. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the chi-squared test of association. We found a statistically significant relationship between income level and satisfaction with the iCHF scheme. For community-related factors, income level was statistically significant in the level of involvement in iCHF implementation among local leaders. Further, income level was statistically significant in relation to community behavior/culture toward the iCHF. Occupation was statistically significant in iCHF implementation, iCHF premiums, and iCHF membership size. A statistically significant relationship was also found between income, iCHF membership size, and iCHF premiums.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Moreover, people would be willing to pay the required premiums if the quality of the healthcare services under the iCHF scheme improves. Therefore, the government should allocate resources to reduce the challenges that are facing iCHF implementation, such as the preference for a user fee scheme over the iCHF, the issues that are faced by enrollment officers, and inadequate iCHF premiums and membership size.”

For more information on this research see: Factors Associated with the Implementation of an Improved Community Health Fund in the Ubungo Municipality Area, Dar es Salaam Region, Tanzania. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022,19(5606):5606. (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health - http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph). The publisher for International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health is MDPI AG.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095606.

Our news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Goodluck Mselle, Department of Health and Social Welfare, Ubungo Municipal Council, Dar es Salaam P.O. Box 55068, Tanzania. Additional authors for this research include Peter Nsanya, Kennedy Diema Konlan, Yuri Lee, Jongsoo Ryu, Sunjoo Kang.

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