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June 15, 2026BMC Health Services ResearchOpen Access

Health insurance coverage and health service utilisation in Uganda: an analysis of the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey

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SISusan Chinelo IfeagwuMNMaria Sarah NabaggalaCBCarol Brayne

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Overview

Descriptive analysis explores health service utilisation linked to health insurance coverage in Uganda, highlighting disparities related to wealth and education.

Key Points

  • This analysis aims to investigate the relationship between health insurance coverage and various sociodemographic factors and health service utilisation.
  • Conducted descriptive statistics and bivariate Pearson’s chi-square tests for 23,842 individuals from the 2016 Uganda Demographic and Health Survey.
  • Performed multivariable mixed effects Poisson regression analysis to examine associations among health insurance, sociodemographic factors, and health service utilisation.
  • Used R Programming for data analysis.
  • Only 1.4% of individuals had health insurance, with coverage increasing with wealth and education levels.
  • Positive associations were found between health service utilisation and being married, older age, higher wealth, and knowledge of health insurance.
  • Higher education levels were positively associated with health insurance coverage after adjusting for wealth and age.

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Ifeagwu et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2f982ba1cfeec4908293bbhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-026-14900-9
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