Research Article

Factors Influencing Nonrenewal of Health Insurance Membership in Ejisu-Juaben Municipality of Ashanti Region, Ghana

Table 5

Logistic regression analysis on systemic factors influencing health insurance renewal.

CharacteristicUnivariate logistic regressionMultivariate logistic regression
Odds ratio95% confidence interval valueOdds ratio95% confidence interval value

Distance from health facility0.100.01
 >1 kmRefRef
 1 km–5 km1.6710.945–2.9560.080.5760.747–3.2120.24
 6 km–10 km2.3090.582–9.4840.250.1860.012–2.7740.22
 More than 10 km3.3591.111–10.1570.030.3400.021–5.5940.45

Nature of road0.01
 PoorRefRef
 Very good1.7250.169–17.5630.653.180.109–93.190.50
 Good0.6000.061–5.8700.660.850.031–23.440.92

Satisfaction level0.01
 PoorRefRef
 Very good0.1480.045–0.4880.010.1490.035–0.6400.01
 Good0.1360.058–0.3190.010.2900.107–0.7850.02

Made copayment0.01
 YesRefRef
 No0.3560.196–0.6520.010.1520.068–0.3440.01

Received all drugs prescribed0.01
 YesRefRef
 No2.331.406–3.8850.014.1912.027–8.6680.01

Closeness to the health insurance office0.07
 >1 kmRefRef
 1 km–5 km0.8310.293–2.3510.730.5580.159–1.9580.36
 6 km–10 km1.1180.392–3.1880.842.3730.672–8.3790.17
 More than 10 km2.9080.797–10.6010.1153.8283.097–937.4100.01

Awareness of mobile renewal0.63
 YesRefRef
 No1.1360.681–1.8940.633.1391.462–6.7390.01

Knowledge of mobile renewal code0.01
 YesRefRef
 No2.2091.144–4.2630.021.4580.675–3.1510.33