Effectiveness of health microinsurance scheme in private primary care in Malaysia
- Conditions
- Financing primary healthcareNot Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN10261528
- Lead Sponsor
- Chulalongkorn University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 342
1. Households were located in the study area
2. Method of payment to clinic is by out-of-pocket
3. Members of the household’s regular choice of primary care provider
4. Patient has been seen in the clinic within the past two years
provided with a fully-paid Health Microinsurance Scheme for 6 months. This scheme covers all their treatment and consultation costs, including drugs at the experimental clinic site. Participants are allowed to visit and receive all treatment and services at the clinic as and when they require it.
1. Households with members who died in the year 2014
2. Households with members who were away from this place of residence for work/transferred for more than 1 month in 2014
3. Households with members who had regular follow-up in public facilities for chronic disease
4. Households with members who have switched methods of payment in the last year (e.g. newly bought insurance or retired and lost health benefits so paying OOP)
5. Patients who refuse consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Health-seeking behaviour is measured as the delay in seeking care in days at baseline and 6 months.<br><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Monthly household health expenditure is measured using the self-estimated in Ringgit Malaysia (RM) at baseline and 6 months<br>2. Quantifiable validated results for chronic diseases (such as HbA1c for DM, mean resting blood pressure for hypertension, Total serum cholesterol and LDL for dyslipidemia, spirometry for Bronchial Asthma) are recorded at baseline and 6 months