TY - JOUR
T1 - Examining Quality, Value, Satisfaction and Trust Dimensions: An Empirical Lens to Understand Health Insurance Systems Actual Usage
AU - Arkorful, Vincent Ekow
AU - Lugu, Benjamin Kweku
AU - Hammond, Anastasia
AU - Basiru, Ibrahim
AU - Afriyie, Frederick Appiah
AU - Mohajan, Bobita
N1 - Publisher copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science Business Media, LLC part of Springer Nature
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - Health insurance policies have become key social policy interventions incepted to extend healthcare to vulnerable populations. In this vein, Ghana devised a health insurance scheme in the year 2003. However, there have been concerns about quality, value, satisfaction and trust regarding healthcare and insurance usage. Using data drawn from 345 participants, our study investigates these dimensions to empirically test their predictive effects on the actual usage of health insurance. Data analysis results using the Structural Equation Modelling technique confirmed these dimensions as predictors of intention and actual usage. Our study delineates the practical, theoretical and policy implications of the study findings.
AB - Health insurance policies have become key social policy interventions incepted to extend healthcare to vulnerable populations. In this vein, Ghana devised a health insurance scheme in the year 2003. However, there have been concerns about quality, value, satisfaction and trust regarding healthcare and insurance usage. Using data drawn from 345 participants, our study investigates these dimensions to empirically test their predictive effects on the actual usage of health insurance. Data analysis results using the Structural Equation Modelling technique confirmed these dimensions as predictors of intention and actual usage. Our study delineates the practical, theoretical and policy implications of the study findings.
KW - Health insurance
KW - Healthcare quality
KW - Value
KW - Trust and satisfaction
KW - Health insurance use intention
KW - Actual usage
U2 - 10.1007/s11115-020-00498-x
DO - 10.1007/s11115-020-00498-x
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1566-7170
VL - 21
SP - 471
EP - 489
JO - Public Organization Review
JF - Public Organization Review
IS - 3
ER -