Willingness-to-pay for community-based health insurance among formal and informal doctors in Dhaka, Bangladesh: a comparative cross-sectional study
Md Fuad Al Fidah, Syeda Sumaiya Efa, Md Ziaul Islam · 2025
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Md Fuad Al Fidah, Syeda Sumaiya Efa, and Md Ziaul Islam ask how much doctors in Dhaka would pay for community health insurance, in a 2025 study. Less than one percent of Bangladeshis hold health insurance. Doctors themselves are an odd test group: they know care costs well. The study split doctors by formal and informal work.
Each group held 116 doctors, picked on purpose since no national register exists. A double-choice method measured the mean amount each group would pay. Models adjusted for age and sex weighed the linked factors. What doctors would pay hints at the price a wider scheme could charge. Insurance design for low-coverage countries needs such ground-level price signals.
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| CREATOR | Md Fuad Al Fidah, Syeda Sumaiya Efa, Md Ziaul Islam |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |