Community Based Health Insurance (CBHI) was implemented in Rwanda to improve health care utilization for the poor population. Using data from health centers and CBHI schemes in pilot and control health districts, this study assesses the impact of the CBHI scheme on utilization of health services and on financial sustainability. CBHI significantly improved utilization of health services by increasing visits of members by four-fold, while the non members utilization remained unchanged over the same period. Results from multivariate regression models indicate that increase in CBHI enrollment was...
Community Based Health Insurance (CBHI) was implemented in Rwanda to improve health care utilization for the poor population. Using data from health c...