Awareness and Perception of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) among Librarians’ in Nigeria

Olayemi, Olalekan Moses

doi:10.29251/ijpph.2017128

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“…The low level of awareness of the respondents of the NHIS provisions and operations looks abnormal for people with such a high educational background. A similar lack of awareness on the operations, benefits, and responsibilities of the NHIS was also reported among librarians in Nigeria by Olayemi (2017) 11 . However, this observation is a deviation from the findings of Owumi et al (2013) 6 and Adibe et al (2011) 12 when they conducted a similar investigation looking into NHIS enrollees within the Univer-sity of Nigeria Nsukka and the University of Ibadan respectively.…”

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Awareness of the Rights and Responsibilities of the Staff of the Federal Colleges of Education in North Central Nigeria under the National Health Insurance Scheme

Oriolowo¹,

Asarya²,

Olarongbe³

2022

Asian J. Health Sci.

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Background: Awareness of your rights and responsibilities as an enrollee of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is key to fully accessing all benefits of the scheme. It also helps when giving a valid assessment of the healthcare services received through the scheme. This study has assessed the level of awareness of the rights and responsibilities of NHIS enrolled staff from the Federal Colleges of Education in North Central Nigeria. Methods: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional investigation in which 165 selected participants completed a self-administered semi-structured questionnaire. The data was collated and analyzed using descriptive statistics, specifically frequency, mean, and percentages. Six research questions were raised and answered. Results: Most (79.15%) of the respondents were fully aware of the NHIS objectives but only a few (43.15%) and (52.40%) were aware of the benefits and their responsibilities as enrollees of the NHIS. Similarly, many (47.88%) were not aware of the procedures used to seek for redress when dissatisfied with the services they received. Additionally, 80.4% believed that their healthcare providers operate in a clean environment and 80.8% felt that the doctors and nurses were friendly and cordial, though 62% claimed to have experienced a long waiting period before doctor/nurse consultations. Finally, 73.5% of the respondents agreed that they were satisfied with the quality of the service rendered by their healthcare providers. Conclusion: This study therefore recommends the proper enlightenment of enrollees in order for them to be aware of all of the provisions of the NHIS. The government should employ more medical personnel, especially doctors, in order to reduce the pressure on the few available as well to enhance the patient consultations by making them faster.

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Awareness of the Rights and Responsibilities of the Staff of the Federal Colleges of Education in North Central Nigeria under the National Health Insurance Scheme

Oriolowo¹,

Asarya²,

Olarongbe³

2022

Asian J. Health Sci.

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“…Other studies also reported a feeling of effectiveness of the scheme on their health and wellbeing, despite challenges [16]. Olayemi [17] reported positive perceptions of the NHIS benefits to the respondents having mixed feelings about the services in general. This study found that quite a larger number of the respondents tended towards positively perceiving the benefits they derive from the scheme indicating satisfactory feelings towards the scheme.…”

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Evaluating end users’ knowledge and perceived benefit of the National Health Insurance Scheme post implementation in a south-west state of Nigeria

Ajike¹,

Chinenye-Julius²,

Folarin³

2020

World J. Adv. Res. Rev.

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The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is designed to provide a cost-effective comprehensive health care delivery system for employees of formal sectors, self-employed, poor and vulnerable groups. Oyo state government approved the establishment of her health insurance scheme and there after sent an executive bill to the legislature for a swift consideration and approval. This study assessed the knowledge and perceived benefit of NHIS among civil servants in Oyo state, Nigeria. The study was a cross-sectional study conducted amongst 200 state civil servants. Participants were selected using convenient sampling technique and data was obtained using a structured questionnaire. Data was analyzed with SPSS v.25 to obtain frequencies, means and standard deviation. Respondents had good knowledge with a mean of 16.4±1.0 on an 18-point scale about NHIS while respondents had fair perceived benefit of the NHIS with a mean of 18.3±3.1 on a 35-point rating scale. Results denote knowledgeable end users who perceive to be benefiting from the scheme. The State Government is encouraged to expand the NHIS to other sectors to enable fuller coverage. More emphasis should be made on the benefits of enrollment to prompt high level willingness to enroll.

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“…Akintaro and Adewoyin (2015) study on the awareness and attitude towards NHIS in the Nigerian research institute found that although staff are aware of the health insurance scheme, the level of awareness of its activities is low. Olayemi (2017) study found that people lack awareness of the general aspects of the scheme. This study assessed awareness of the national health insurance scheme activities and level of satisfaction of the national health insurance scheme among employees in government institutions in Nigeria.…”

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Awareness of National Health Insurance Scheme Activities and Service utilization Among Enrolled Employees in Government Institutions in Nigeria

2021

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The study examined awareness of National Health Insurance Scheme activities and service utilization among enrolled employees in government institutions in Nigeria. Adopting the survey research method, data was collected from 1200 samples employed in three federal Government Institutions in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria using a structured self-developed questionnaire. The samples were selected using the purposive and proportional sampling technique. Descriptive analysis was used to present result and linear regression was used to check the variable under study at 0.05 confidence level. The result from the descriptive analysis revealed that there was moderate knowledge (48 per cent) that there are drugs not on the NHIS drug list. Result also revealed minimal knowledge (30 per cent) that there is some treatment not on the NHIS treatment List. Regression analysis revealed a moderate correlation (30 per cent) between awareness of NHIS activities and service utilisation (F (1, 1112) = 16.472; p < .000). The study concludes that there is moderate knowledge about the activities of the NHIS and this affects service utilization and satisfaction. The study recommends among others that the operators of the National Health Insurance Scheme should include more drugs on the prescription list to address the health needs of participants. The scheme should be expanded to cover all medical cases of enrollees. The government and the agencies in charge of the health insurance scheme should carry out periodic assessments of clients’ satisfaction with the scheme so as to make future policy decisions for better service delivery

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Awareness and Perception of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) among Librarians’ in Nigeria

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Awareness of the Rights and Responsibilities of the Staff of the Federal Colleges of Education in North Central Nigeria under the National Health Insurance Scheme

Awareness of the Rights and Responsibilities of the Staff of the Federal Colleges of Education in North Central Nigeria under the National Health Insurance Scheme

Evaluating end users’ knowledge and perceived benefit of the National Health Insurance Scheme post implementation in a south-west state of Nigeria

Awareness of National Health Insurance Scheme Activities and Service utilization Among Enrolled Employees in Government Institutions in Nigeria

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