Health-Related Quality of Life between Insured and Uninsured Households at Rural Communities of Southwestern Ethiopia: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Basic characteristics of health insurance between insured and uninsured in the southwest of Ethiopia, n = 634, October 2021.

Variables	Category	Insurance status		values
		Insured, no (percent)	Uninsured no (percent)	Chi-square	values
Claiming payment of 250 Ethiopian Birrs per annum is too high	Yes	119 (43.1)	157 (56.9)	9.26	0.002
	No	198 (55.3)	160 (44.7)
Chronic diseases in the family member	Do not exist	282 (48.6)	298 (51.4)	5.77	> 0.05
	One	32 (66.7)	16 (33.3)
	Two or more	3 (50)	3 (50)
Perceived quality of public health services provision	Low	87 (41.6)	122 (58.4)	12.1	0.002
	Medium	201 (52.6)	181 (47.4)
	High	29 (67.4)	14 (32.6)
Affordability of paying a yearly payment	Very difficult	28 (27.5)	74 (72.5)	36.2	< 0.001
	Difficult	148 (48.1)	160 (51.9)
	Easy	141 (62.9)	83 (37.1)
Satisfying health services offer	Public health facility	146 (54.7)	121 (45.3)	4.04	0.04
	Private health facility	171 (46.6)	196 (53.4)
Usually used health facility	Public health facility	220 (56.1)	172 (43.9)	15.4	< 0.001
	Private health facility	97 (40.1)	145 (59.9)
Willingness to pay or continue annual payment	Willing to pay	304 (72.2)	117 (27.8)	247.2	< 0.001
	Not willing to pay	13 (6.1)	200 (93.9)
Household members sick in the last 1 month	Yes	125 (58.4)	89 (41.6)	9.14	0.002
	No	192 (45.7)	228 (54.3)
Household members sick in the last 1 year	Yes	168 (56.0)	132 (44.0)	8.2	0.004
	No	149 (44.6)	185 (55.4)
Perceived health status of the family	Poor	20 (31.7)	43 (68.3)	9.8	0.007
	Medium	143 (50.5)	140 (49.5)
	Good	154 (53.5)	134 (46.5)