Dessalegn Keney Guddu

Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College and AaBET Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopia

Publications

• Research Article   
  Factors to Perceived Quality of Community Based Health Insurance Utilization among Admitted Patients at St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College and AaBET Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  Author(s): Dessalegn Keney Guddu*, Yared Lasebew Asres, Abriham Getachew Dullo and Tefaye Getachew Shawel
  
  Background: Community Based Health Insurance (CBHI) was introduced by the Ethiopian government in 2011 with the aim to improve access and quality of health care to the poor informal workers. But studies show that CBHI scheme based service quality is also reported to be low. On the other hand, there has been scarcity of data on barriers to quality of service utilized particularly at hospital level by the insured patients. Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the barriers to good quality of community based health insurance utilization among admitted patients at St. Paul’s Hospital Millenium Medical College and AaBET Hospital, Ethiopia. Methods: Cross sectional mixed design implementing quantitative from chart review as well as qualitative study using phenomenological design using focused group discussion and in depth interview involvin.. Read More»