Research Article

Willingness to Pay for Social Health Insurance and Its Predictors among Government Employees in Mujja Town, Ethiopia

Table 2

Health status and healthcare utilization of the government employees in Muja town, northeast Ethiopia, 2016 (n = 375).

VariableCategoryFrequencyPercent

Preferences of treatment seeking during illnessGovernmental health facility26570.7
Private health facility7820.8
Traditional healers328.5

Chronic disease in the familyYes308
No34592

Payment managementGovernment8923.7
Own money24866.1
Borrowed3810.2

History of difficulty to cover medical bill(s)No23863.5
Yes13736.5

Confidence to afford the care they need during illnessYes23562.7
No14037.3

Having other source to cover medical billYes9525.3
No28074.7