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Table 4 The threshold premium that households would be able to pay for the schemes

From: Exploring the threshold premium for viable community based health insurance schemes in Nigeria

Health insurance schemes

Threshold premium (US$)

95 % confidence interval

Percentage of population included (%)

Number of observations (used for calculation)

(US$)

North-central regional

9694 (62)

8526–11,096

80

788

North-east regional

7979 (51)

6894–8684

80

793

North-west regional

6804 (44)

6230–7700

80

892

South-east regional

11,222 (72)

9,9745–13,903

80

792

South-west regional

18,815 (120.82)

16,326–21,316

80

754

South-south regional

16,908 (109)

15,103–18,232

80

1528

National urban

23,905 (154)

21,483–25,693

80

1528

National rural

8218 (53)

7757–8699

80

3371

National

10,303 (66)

9862–10,851

80

4845

Politically-biased (north)

4562.48 (29)

4200–4873

90

2473

Politically-biased (south)

22,474 (144)

21,281–23,920

70

2372

  1. 155.73 Naira = US$1 [18]