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| An Epistle Of National Health Insurance Scheme And Workers' And Health Management Prescoping Federal Tertiary Institutions In Anambra State(2004 - 2018) |
Nwakoby, Nkiru Peace PhD; Ihediwa, Augustina Anekperechi & Chukwurah, Daniel Chi Junior PhD
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Abstract:
:This study examines the Epistle of National Health Insurance Scheme and Workers' and Health Management prescoping Federal Tertiary Institutions in Anambra State (2004 - 2018) . Since the policy and legal provisions of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Nigeria became operational in 2005, the Scheme had not been on track to meet its primary target of providing universal coverage for all Nigerians by 2014. The Data from the National Health Insurance Scheme in 2018 shows that only 5% of the population registered on the scheme. The subsequent objective of this study are; toaccess the level of implementation by NHIS and its benefits on employee health, evaluate the effectiveness of the NHIS on staff's financial burden and examine the effect of quality of services accessed under the NHIS on employee satisfaction. The theoretical frame work of this research study is hinged on the Structural/Functionalist Theory by Talcott Parsons (1975). The study adopted survey research design. The study made use of proportional allocation technique in selecting 366 senior and junior staff of the NnamdiAzikiwe University, Awka, Federal College of Education (Technical), Umunze, and Federal Polytechnic, Oko in Anambra. Data was collected using questionnaire structured in five point Likert scale, interview and personal observation. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics: frequency, mean and standard deviation were used in analyzing the research question. The test of hypotheses was performed using Oneway Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The result reveals that the NHIS implementation level has a significant benefit on employee health, the study also revealed that the services derived from the NHIS has no significant effectiveness on staff's financial burden and that there is no significant effect of quality of services accessed under the NHIS on employee satisfaction.Based on the findings the researcher recommends that it is necessary for the government to develop strategies that would make the operations of the scheme more effective, efficient and seamless in order to achieve the objectives of the scheme which among them is to reduce employee financial burden on healthcare services.
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