Acceptance for Social Health Insurance among Health Professionals in Government Hospitals, Mekelle City, North Ethiopia

Table 3

Factors associated with acceptance for social health insurance among health professionals in government hospitals, Mekelle city, North Ethiopia, 2017.

Variables	WTP		COR (95%CI)	AOR (95%CI)
	Yes	No
Sex
Male	95	110	1
Female	96	107	1.039 (0.70, 1.53)
Age			1.121 (1.08, 1.16)	1.029 (0.95, 1.11)
Marital status
Married	134	88	3.44 (2.28, 5.20)	1.54 (0.66, 3.58)
Other than married	57	129	1
Family size
1-3	105	175	1	1
≥4	86	42	3.41 (2.19, 5.30)	1.72 (0.62, 4.78)
Children <5 years
Yes	103	39	5.34 (3.41, 8.36)	2.55 (0.95, 5.34)
No	88	178	1	1
Adults >64
Yes	14	5	3.35 (1.18, 9.49)	1.33 (0.29, 6.05)
No	177	212	1	1
Level of education
Diploma	6	38	1	1
Degree and above	185	179	6.54 (2.70, 15.86)	1.32 (0.39, 4.47)
Monthly salary
0-6488 ETB	70	159	1	1
6488-10024 ETB	79	52	3.45 (2.20, 5.40)	1.16 (0.56, 2.607)
≥10024 ETB	42	6	15.9 (6.48, 39.12)	9.49 (2.51, 35.86)
Wealth status
Low	64	71	1
Middle	68	82	0.92 (0.57, 1.46)
High	59	64	1.02 (0.62, 1.66)
Perceived health status
Good	165	192	1	1
Fair	16	22	0.84 (0.43, 1.66)	0.39 (0.11, 1.35)
Poor	10	3	3.87 (1.05, 14.33)	1.56 (0.14, 17.44)
Chronic medical illness
Yes	32	11	3.76 (1.84, 7.70)	2.43 (0.67, 8.80)
No	159	206	1	1
History of illness in the previous 6 months
Yes	42	33	1.57 (0.94, 2.60)
No	149	184	1
History of difficulty covering medical bills
Yes	61	21	4.37 (2.54, 7.53)	6.2 (2.42, 15.87)
No	130	196	1	1
Ever heard about SHI
Yes	185	161	10.72 (4.50, 25.54)	3.89 (1.05, 14.28)
No	6	56	1	1
Have/had health insurance
Yes	18	5	4.41 (1.60, 12.12)	1.98 (0.44, 8.99)
No	173	212	1	1
Knowledge about SHI
Poor	29	137	1	1
Good	162	80	9.56 (5.90, 15.48)	0.77 (0.32, 1.85)
Attitude toward SHI
Positive/favorable	180	81	27.47 (14.08, 53.58)	7.57 (3.14, 18.21)
Negative/unfavorable	11	136	1	1
Perceived quality of services if SHI is implemented
Poor	11	103	0.44 (0.19, 0.99)	0.19 (0.06, 0.59)
Good	163	44	15.25 (8.15, 28.52)	2.89 (1.18, 7.07)
Neutral	17	70	1	1

Statistically significant results at value<0.25; statistically significant results at value<0.05; 1: reference category; COR: crude odds ratio; AOR: adjusted odds ratio.