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- Title
Participation in health insurance and changes in the well-being status of co-operative members in Tanzania.
- Authors
Nzowa, Petro G.; Nandonde, Felix A.; Seimu, Somo M. L.
- Abstract
This paper analyses the association between participating in health insurance and improvements in the well-being status of co-operative members. It is expected that individuals, co-operative members, in particular, participate in health insurance schemes with expectations of changing and improving various dimensions of well-being. The analyses using partial least squire structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) revealed that participation in health insurance significantly positively impacts change in the well-being status of co-operative members. Further, confirming the Theory of Dispositional Optimism co-operative members' expectations mediate the relationship between participation in health insurance and changes in their well-being status. The study also found that expectations levels positively moderate the relationship between health insurance participation and changes in co-operative members' well-being status. These findings imply that co-operative members with higher positive expectations out of health insurance participation are in an advantageous position to make and allow positive decisions that positively impact their well-being.
- Subjects
TANZANIA; HEALTH insurance; WELL-being; COOPERATIVE societies; STRUCTURAL equation modeling; PARTICIPATION
- Publication
Decision (0304-0941), 2023, Vol 50, Issue 3, p333
- ISSN
0304-0941
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s40622-023-00362-z