Extending social health insurance to the informal sector in Kenya. An assessment of factors affecting demand
by Inke Mathauer, Jean-Olivier Schmidt, Maurice Wenyaa
The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, Vol. 23 Issue 1, pp. 51-68; Published Online: 29 November 2007
This paper contributes to analysing and understanding the demand for (social) health insurance of informal sector workers in Kenya by assessing their perceptions and knowledge of and concerns regarding health insurance and the Kenyan National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). It serves to explore how informal sector workers could be integrated into the NHIF.
