The role of conditional cash transfer in promoting health insurance demand among TASAF beneficiaries

Mapunda, Ritha G. (2020) The role of conditional cash transfer in promoting health insurance demand among TASAF beneficiaries. Masters thesis, The Open University of Tanzania.

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Abstract

The study was done to assess the role of conditional cash transfer in promoting health insurance demand among TASAF beneficiaries. There were three specific objectives one being to assessing beneficiaries’ attitude toward the adoption of health insurance using CCT, to assess factors hindering wards the adoption of health insurance using CCT and to investigate the strategies made by TASAF beneficiaries towards the adoption of health insurance using CCT. The study was done based on survey where Goba and Kwembe wards in Dar es Salaam were used as areas of the study. The population of the study was890 from which a sample of 95 respondents was randomly chosen. The study was based on qualitative from primary data was collected through interview while secondary data was collated from relevant documents. The study found that the beneficiaries had attitude toward adoption of social health care insurance using CCT. On the other hand, it was found that there were several factors hindering TASAF beneficiaries’ adoption of social health care insurance using CCT including poverty, low education and believes. It was found the need of several strategies for improvement of the adoption of social health care insurance using CCT.

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