Population Characteristics and Their Implications on the Benefit Basket of National Social Health Insurance Scheme in Sierra Leone: A Prospective View

Table 4

Preferred choices for benefit basket.

Variables	Frequency (n = 1,118)	Percentage
Preferred categories of exclusion by household heads from premium payment (multiple responses)
Children below 18 years
No	184	16.46
Yes	934	83.54
Men and women above 18 years
No	1,064	95.17
Yes	54	4.83
Pregnant women
No	317	28.35
Yes	801	71.65
Lactating mothers
No	406	36.31
Yes	712	63.69
Mentally challenged person
No	225	20.13
Yes	893	79.87
Aged
No	176	15.74
Yes	942	84.26
Preferred service providers/facility by household heads that should be accredited (multiple responses)
Public providers/facilities
No	115	10.29
Yes	1,003	89.71
Private providers/facilities
No	568	50.81
Yes	550	49.19
Mission providers/facilities
No	563	50.36
Yes	555	49.64
Preferred healthcare services by household heads that should be covered (multiple responses)
Primary care
No	431	38.55
Yes	687	61.45
Secondary care
No	123	11
Yes	995	89
Tertiary care
No	12	1.07
Yes	1,106	98.93
Covering of outpatient care
No	15	1.34
Yes	1,103	98.66
Covering of inpatient care
No	3	0.27
Yes	1,115	99.73