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Mobile money use and social health insurance enrolment among rural dwellers outside the formal employment sector: evidence from Kenya

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Background: The study set out to explore whether mobile money use (mobile phone‐based financial services) increased the probability of rural dwellers outside the formal employment sector of being enrolled in Kenya's social health insurance, the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF).

Methods: We used data from the 2015 FinAccess Household Survey and analysed responses of 4282 rural individuals outside the formal employment sector. Probit and bivari...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1002/hpm.2930

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Sub department:
Population Health
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0003-1632-2410
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Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-6917-6552
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Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0003-3656-4054
Publisher:
Wiley Publisher's website
Journal:
International Journal of Health Planning and Management Journal website
Volume:
35
Issue:
1
Pages:
e66-e80
Publication date:
2019-11-08
Acceptance date:
2019-10-10
DOI:
EISSN:
1099-1751
ISSN:
0749-6753
Language:
English
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pubs:1070606
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uuid:0b0b9b50-420a-4fb2-9415-797ae404f5fc
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pubs:1070606
Source identifiers:
1070606
Deposit date:
2019-11-08

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