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Global Health Action
Health insurance and child mortality in rural Burkina Faso
Germain Savadogo1  Ali Sié1  Manuela De Allegri2  Henrike Lietz2  Heiko Becher2  Aurélia Souares2  Anja Schoeps2  Olaf Müller2  Rainer Sauerborn2 
[1] Centre de Recherche en Santé de Nouna, Nouna, Burkina Faso;Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany;
关键词: health insurance;    Africa South of the Sahara;    child mortality;    population surveillance;    Burkina Faso;    health services accessibility;    survival analysis;   
DOI  :  10.3402/gha.v8.27327
来源: DOAJ
【 摘 要 】

Background: Micro health insurance schemes have been implemented across developing countries as a means of facilitating access to modern medical care, with the ultimate aim of improving health. This effect, however, has not been explored sufficiently. Objective: We investigated the effect of enrolment into community-based health insurance on mortality in children under 5 years of age in a health and demographic surveillance system in Nouna, Burkina Faso. Design: We analysed the effect of health insurance enrolment on child mortality with a Cox regression model. We adjusted for variables that we found to be related to the enrolment in health insurance in a preceding analysis. Results: Based on the analysis of 33,500 children, the risk of mortality was 46% lower in children enrolled in health insurance as compared to the non-enrolled children (HR=0.54, 95% CI 0.43–0.68) after adjustment for possible confounders. We identified socioeconomic status, father's education, distance to the health facility, year of birth, and insurance status of the mother at time of birth as the major determinants of health insurance enrolment. Conclusions: The strong effect of health insurance enrolment on child mortality may be explained by increased utilisation of health services by enrolled children; however, other non-observed factors cannot be excluded. Because malaria is a main cause of death in the study area, early consultation of health services in case of infection could prevent many deaths. Concerning the magnitude of the effect, implementation of health insurance could be a major driving factor of reduction in child mortality in the developing world.

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