Little is known about factors influencing enrolment in these programs.
Factors influencing enrolment in diabetes and CVD prevention programs are an important and related issue.
Private employer interviews helped to understand the factors influencing enrolment in social security.
Also, it is possible that factors influencing enrolment in the long-run vary from those described here in the relatively early stages of the scheme.
Similarly, in Ghana, a household study of the National Health Insurance Scheme identified premiums, registration fees and administrative arrangements as key factors influencing enrolment and retention (49).
Trust also influences enrolment into the CHF, hence the constraints of enforcing mandatory health insurance coverage in the Tanzanian context and the necessity of high enrolment for greater redistributive potential, emphasizes the importance of building trust in scheme management.
This study analysed coverage of the South African government health insurance scheme, the population groups with low uptake, and the individual-level factors, as well as characteristics of the scheme, that influenced enrolment.
If the Government of Lao PDR is to make progress in expanding health coverage through social security, a greater understanding is needed about the factors influencing enrolment in the scheme.
Again, considering past research, studies have shown that enrolment for public health insurance in the USA differs between single parent families and two parent families, suggesting that the resources of the parent(s) (or lack thereof) is the mediating factor influencing enrolment - not the presence of children [ 28].
1 Employees appointed from 1 July 2006 onwards were only eligible for the government subsidy if they joined the government scheme and not another health insurance scheme. 2 This study analysed coverage of the government health insurance scheme, the population groups with low uptake, and the individual-level factors, as well as characteristics of the scheme that influenced enrolment.
