Ikeokwu E. Anderson

Urban Self-employed Social Health Insurance Program as an Option in Financing Health Care within the Informal Sector? An Insight into the Acceptability of the Scheme by the Self-employed in Rivers State, Nigeria

Ikeokwu E. Anderson & Foluke O. Adeniji · Asian Journal of Advanced Research and Reports · 2019

Introduction: Health care financing in the Nigerian health sector has been a major impediment within the sector due to increasing healthcare costs. Various forms of financing mechanisms are employed within the country with majority tilting to out-of-pocket payment, which led to t...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajarr/2019/v7i330180

Willingness to Pay for Social Health Insurance by the Self-employed in Port Harcourt, Rivers State; A Contingent Valuation Approach

Ikeokwu E. Anderson & Foluke O. Adeniji · Asian Journal of Advanced Research and Reports · 2019

Background/Aim: Urban Self-Employed Social Health Insurance (USSHIP), which is similar to Community-based health insurance schemes CBHI, USSHIP, is a package in the National Health Insurance Scheme NHIS specific but is not limited to self-employed individuals in Nigeria which has...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajarr/2019/v7i330178

Economic Burden of Illness among the Self-Employed in the Commercial City of Port-Harcourt

Ikeokwu E. Anderson & Foluke O. Adeniji · South Asian Journal of Social Studies and Economics · 2019

Introduction: The informal sector in Port-Harcourt harbours the small-scale and self-employed activities which are mainly for generating employment and incomes. Self-employed activities in Port-Harcourt is huge and well spread, which contributes over 50% of the state Gross Domest...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/sajsse/2019/v5i330145