Socioeconomic and programmatic determinants of renewal of membership in a voluntary micro health insurance scheme: evidence from Chakaria, Bangladesh

• Main Authors: Mohammad Iqbal (Author), Asiful Haidar Chowdhury (Author), Shehrin Shaila Mahmood (Author), Mohammad Nahid Mia (Author), S. M. A. Hanifi (Author), Abbas Bhuiya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Out-of-pocket (OOP) healthcare expenditure is a major obstacle for achieving universal health coverage in low-income countries including Bangladesh. Sixty-three percent of the USD 27 annual per-capita healthcare expenditure in Bangladesh comes from individuals' pockets. Although hea...