1. Employment Rank and the Choice of Health Insurance Benefit Scheme among Bangladeshi Civil Servants
- Author
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Syed Abdul Hamid, Afroza Begum, Md. Hafizur Rahman, Syed M. Ahsan, Sushil Ranjan Howlader, Taslima Rahman, and Azhar Uddin
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Scheme (programming language) ,Actuarial science ,030503 health policy & services ,Rank (computer programming) ,General Medicine ,Civil servants ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Health insurance ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Business ,0305 other medical science ,computer ,computer.programming_language - Abstract
This study surveys 622 Bangladeshi civil servants of all administrative jurisdictions and elicits their preference for health insurance schemes. The latter vary in the amount of sum assured as well as in terms of premium sharing rules with the government. The paper also explores the financial burden that the premium subsidy may impose on the exchequer and the state’s fiscal capacity to shoulder it. We discover a very high willingness to join the scheme. Though all three premium-sharing options posit flat rates common for all employment ranks, respondents appear to prefer premiums proportional to their basic salary.
- Published
- 2021