TY - JOUR ID - 3523 TI - Predictors of Enrolment in the National Health Insurance Scheme Among Women of Reproductive Age in Nigeria JO - International Journal of Health Policy and Management JA - IJHPM LA - en SN - AU - Aregbeshola, Bolaji Samson AU - Khan, Samina Mohsin AD - Department of Community Health & Primary Care, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria AD - Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Y1 - 2018 PY - 2018 VL - 7 IS - 11 SP - 1015 EP - 1023 KW - National Health Insurance KW - Enrolment KW - Women KW - Universal Health Coverage KW - Nigeria DO - 10.15171/ijhpm.2018.68 N2 - Background Despite the implementation of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) since 2005 in Nigeria, the level of health insurance coverage remains low. The study aims to examine the predictors of enrolment in the NHIS among women of reproductive age in Nigeria.   Methods Secondary data from the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) were utilized to examine factors influencing enrolment in the NHIS among women of reproductive age (n = 38 948) in Nigeria. Demographic and socio-economic characteristics of women were determined using univariate, bivariate and multivariate analyses. Data analysis was performed using STATA version 12 software.   Results We found that 97.9% of women were not covered by health insurance. Multivariate analysis indicated that factors such as age, education, geo-political zone, socio-economic status (SES), and employment status were significant predictors of enrolment in the NHIS among women of reproductive age.   Conclusion This study concludes that health insurance coverage among women of reproductive age in Nigeria is very low. Additionally, demographic and socio-economic factors were associated with enrolment in the NHIS among women. Therefore, policy-makers need to establish a tax-based health financing mechanism targeted at women who are young, uneducated, from poorest households, unemployed and working in the informal sector of the economy. Extending health insurance coverage to women from poor households and those who work in the informal sector through a tax-financed non-contributory health insurance scheme would accelerate progress towards universal health coverage (UHC). UR - https://www.ijhpm.com/article_3523.html L1 - https://www.ijhpm.com/article_3523_9f718b470b1b46fdf9a1ee30ba73a42c.pdf ER -