Implementation of Tertiary Institution Social Health Insurance Programme in Two Federal Universities in Southwestern Nigeria

Hakeem Habdul Sule

Abstract


This study assessed the implementation of Tertiary Institution Social Health Insurance Programme (TISHIP) in University of Ibadan (UI), Ibadan and Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife in Southwestern Nigeria. Based on the objective of United Nations’ Universal Health Coverage (UHC), the study provided an empirical evidence of the implementation of Social Health Insurance (SHI) in two Federal Universities in Southwestern Nigeria in form of TISHIP. The study utilised sequential explanatory mixed method―a combination of quantity/qualitative data analysis. Hence, 447 copies of questionnaire were administered to respondents in the two Federal Universities. In addition, 16 key informants in the implementation of TISHIP were interviewed to complement information gathered through the administration of questionnaire. The study thus concluded that the implementation of TISHIP in the study area had positive effect on students’ health care, as it has increased health care utilisation among the students (χ2 = 43.6; p < 0.05). The study further reduced the dearth of research on existing policy on SHI vis-à-vis students’ health care in Tertiary Institutions in resource-constrained countries like Nigeria.


Keywords


Social health insurance; Tertiary institution; Health care facility; Universal; Health care

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