Readiness of Primary Health Care Centers for Implementation of Universal Health Insurance System as Perceived by Nursing Staff | ||||
| Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal | ||||
| Article 12, Volume 13, Issue 53, September 2025, Page 124-132 PDF (476.85 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2025.390278.2101 | ||||
 View on SCiNiTO | ||||
| Authors | ||||
Asmaa Kholief Ahmed  1; Sahar Mohamed Morsy2; Nahed Shawkat Abo Elmagd2
| ||||
| 1Nursing Management Inspector at El-Badari Health District, Assuit, Egypt | ||||
| 2Professor of Nursing Administration, Faculty of Nursing Assiut University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Theuniversal health insurance system (UHIS) in Egypt represents a significant shift in the country's approach to healthcare. Aim: to assess the primary health care (PHC) centers readiness for implementation of UHIS. Study design: A descriptive research design was used. Setting: The study was carried out at PHC centers in the El-Badari health district. Subjects: Consist of (40) nursing staff. Tools: The data collected through a self-administered questionnaire including, Part (1): Personal data sheet and Part (2): Service Availability and Readiness Assessment Questionnaire. Results: The highest means score of service availability and readiness in favor of service specific readiness and the lowest mean score in favor of service availability . The lowest mean score of general service readiness is in favor of laboratory capacity and essential medicine. At the PHC center level, The highest readiness was observed in Al-Badary (90.0%) while the lowest readiness was observed in Al-Etmaneya (51.0%). Conclusions: More than half of PHC centers are ready for implementation of a universal health insurance system. Recommendations: Policymakers should create strategies to close existing system gaps for successful and sustainable implementation of the universal health insurance system. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Primary health care; Readiness & Universal Health insurance | ||||
|
Statistics Article View: 36 PDF Download: 9 |
||||
