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Table 3 Probit Hackman model showing type of payment for insurance among NHIS insured men and women in Ghana

From: Health insurance coverage, type of payment for health insurance, and reasons for not being insured under the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana

Variables

Male

Female

NHIS status 1 = covered, 0 = not covered (selection)

Type of payment (paid by self = 1, paid by others = 0)

NHIS status 1 = covered, 0 = not covered (selection)

Type of payment (paid by self = 1, paid by others = 0)

β (SE)

β (SE)

β (SE)

β (SE)

Age

 15–19

0.358*** (0.105)

−1.409*** (0.154)

− 0.0989 (0.0707)

−1.593*** (0.122)

 20–24

0.0472 (0.0981)

−0.624*** (0.130)

−0.204*** (0.0585)

−0.590*** (0.0700)

 25–29

− 0.100 (0.0852)

−0.0585 (0.112)

− 0.0310 (0.0521)

−0.148* (0.0577)

 30–34

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 35–39

0.285** (0.0874)

0.127 (0.111)

0.0494 (0.0537)

0.128* (0.0595)

 40–44

0.184* (0.0922)

0.0387 (0.121)

0.00825 (0.0575)

0.223** (0.0692)

 45–49

0.360*** (0.0997)

0.0659 (0.135)

0.0688 (0.0611)

0.424*** (0.0752)

Marital status

 Never in union

−0.191 (0.0994)

− 0.367** (0.136)

−0.234*** (0.0554)

0.265** (0.0814)

 Married

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 Widowed

−0.270 (0.141)

− 0.352* (0.176)

−0.194** (0.0607)

0.789*** (0.131)

Wealth index

 Poorest

−0.746*** (0.109)

−0.244 (0.150)

− 0.510*** (0.0718)

−0.224* (0.107)

 Poorer

−0.581*** (0.0963)

−0.268* (0.134)

−0.424*** (0.0629)

−0.131 (0.0982)

 Middle

−0.509*** (0.0855)

−0.165 (0.122)

− 0.353*** (0.0548)

−0.0109 (0.0844)

 Richer

−0.266*** (0.0759)

−0.0650 (0.0993)

− 0.216*** (0.0493)

0.0393 (0.0686)

 Richest

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Region

 Western

0.321*** (0.0948)

0.296* (0.134)

0.382*** (0.0606)

0.220* (0.0855)

 Central

0.222* (0.0993)

0.279 (0.144)

0.0228 (0.0611)

0.0674 (0.0846)

 Greater Accra

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 Volta

0.970*** (0.108)

0.863*** (0.151)

0.672*** (0.0682)

0.650*** (0.0956)

 Eastern

0.607*** (0.0979)

0.677*** (0.142)

0.513*** (0.0638)

0.120 (0.101)

 Ashanti

0.537*** (0.0942)

0.818*** (0.127)

−0.0315 (0.0582)

− 0.128 (0.0796)

 Brong Ahafo

0.936*** (0.0989)

0.845*** (0.138)

0.841*** (0.0649)

− 0.106 (0.140)

 Northern

1.120*** (0.110)

0.720*** (0.159)

0.811*** (0.0718)

0.175 (0.127)

 Upper east

1.623*** (0.116)

1.290*** (0.162)

0.816*** (0.0707)

0.336** (0.124)

 Upper west

1.579*** (0.117)

1.033*** (0.163)

1.439*** (0.0808)

0.418** (0.160)

Religion

 Christian

−0.134* (0.0596)

−0.154* (0.0738)

−0.152*** (0.0417)

0.160** (0.0525)

 Islam

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 Traditional/spiritualist

−0.577*** (0.106)

−0.295 (0.158)

− 0.362*** (0.0962)

0.337* (0.140)

 No religion

−0.535*** (0.106)

−0.430* (0.175)

−0.359*** (0.0860)

−0.0119 (0.128)

Residence

 Urban

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 Rural

0.105 (0.0582)

−0.0126 (0.0781)

0.0158 (0.0379)

−0.0107 (0.0476)

Parity

 No child

0.0390 (0.124)

−0.139 (0.168)

0.116 (0.0721)

0.253** (0.0890)

 1–2

−0.0325 (0.0878)

− 0.228 (0.123)

0.214*** (0.0521)

0.392*** (0.0614)

 3–4

0.0473 (0.0791)

− 0.141 (0.108)

0.134** (0.0463)

0.147** (0.0553)

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Employment

 Unemployed

0.391*** (0.0688)

−0.423*** (0.0961)

0.0602 (0.0364)

− 0.403*** (0.0576)

 Employed

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Instrumental variable

 Education

  No education

−0.864*** (0.0969)

 

− 0.514*** (0.0846)

 

  Primary

− 0.826*** (0.102)

 

− 0.429*** (0.0810)

 

  Secondary

−0.539*** (0.0777)

 

− 0.219** (0.0736)

 

  Higher

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Summary Statistics

 Number of observations

3853

9385

 Selected

2004

6171

 Non-selected

1849

3214

 Log likelihood

− 3007.572

− 8892.495

 Wald Chi- square

578.39

875.83

 Prob > Chi- square

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

 Athrho

1.659586

5,485,849

 Rho

9,301,614

.4994589

  1. Standard errors in parentheses
  2. *p < 0.05
  3. **p < 0.01
  4. ***p < 0.001