Ghana Socioeconomic Panel Survey 2018-2019, Wave 3

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s06a_03oth - Not Insured Other (whynotnhisother)

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A new born baby[covered by mothers insurance card]
About to register a new card
Afraid of going to a health facility
Already covered
Already covered by health insurance through employer
Always the Health insurance Machine is spoilt
Always their machine is spoilt
Am yet to do for him, (6 months)
Anytime she goes to register the queue is always long
Applied before but card wasn't provided and has not pursued again
Applied earlier on but cards has not been provided to them and has stop pursuing it
Baby is less than a month old
Baby is too small
Bad services and delivery
Because he has not been sick
Because health insurance holders are not regarded with respect and they do not get the required medical care and medications
Because of my sight have not been able to access the facility to be registered
Because she recently came around but I will do it for her
Believe in traditional medicines
Benefit from his mother NHIS, he is 3 weeks
Benefiting from his mother NHIS
Born recently
Card holders are left in long queues whilst private holders are treated exceptionally
Card is not renewed
Card lost several years ago
Card lost, yet to register again
Card not brought back by NHIS Centers
Card not received
Card not received.
Card not renewed
Card production on hold
Child is covered by mother
Child is covered by the mother's card
Child is just two months old, respondent said she is yet to register her
Child is too young
Child too young
Child too young for Insurance
Child too young to register
Child wasn't around when the registration team came to our community
Child young for registration
Computer error
Considering his age, he can make use of his mother's health insurance card
Costly
Covered by my card for 3 months
Covered by security health policy
Covered with employer insurance
Currently has no interest in it
Delay in getting card after registration
Denial of subscribers of needed services even though they paid premiums
Depend more on local herbs
Did not get card for first registration
Didn't want it because the health insurance doesn't cover most health bills
Difficulty in registration
Distance
Distance to nhis office
Do not easily get sick
Do not easily get sick but have plans to register soon
Do not fall ill by the grace of God
Do not fall sick
Do not get ill.
Do not get sick easily
Do not get sick often
Do not have money to register
Do not normally get sick
Do not often get sick so there is no need to register for NHIS.
Do not usually get ill.
Does not currently need it
Does not fall ill
Does not fall sick
Does not have money to renew
Does not know why he does not want it
Does not often become sick
Does not often become sick.
Does not provide effective deliveries
Does not usually fall sick
Doesn't get enough time to go and register, and also resort to the pharmacy whenever he falls sick
Doesn't have time to queue
Doesn't trust nhis
Don not get sick often
Don't believe in it
Don't easily fall sick
Don't fall sick
Don't fall sick often
Don't get sick
Don't have a reason
Don't have any reason
Don't have money
Don't have money to register
Don't have time
Don't know why I haven't registered
Don't like service provided
Don't trust the NHIS
Don't usually get sick
Due to faulty machine at the time of registration at the center
Due to faulty machines meant for registration of NHIS
Due to poor delivery services(Ineffective of NHIS)
Employees of the husband pay for their bills
Employer takes care of myself and family
Employer's private health insurance arrangement
Farhan is using his mother's insurance card and would register when 6months by the grace of God
Faulty machine at the nhis office
Faulty machine at the nhis office and distance
Financial issues but willing to do it soon
Fresh Baby
Get lost
Getting access to the service is tiring
Getting access to the service is too stressful
God is his protector so doesn't need health insurance
Guardian is yet to register him
Guardians haven't registered her yet
Guardians haven't registered him yet
Had some issues that prevented her from acquiring one
Hardly falls sick
Hardly gets enough time for that.
Has been sick
Has no specific reason
Has no trust in NHIS
Has not be sick
Has not been around home
Has not been sick so he says he won't do it
Has private hospital
Hasn't considered to register
Hasn't fallen sick
Hasn't found the time to register
Hasn't had time to register
Hasn't thought of registering
Have Intention to do it
Have an Intention to do it
Have never falling sick through out my life
Have not attain the age of enrollment
Have not been sick yet
Have not fallen sick
Have not gotten time
Have not gotten time to register, tried once but the long queue discouraged me
Have not gotten time yet
Have not had time to go and register her
Have not really made up my mind to have it
Have not thought of having one
Have now registered
Have other insurance
Have personal Doctor
Haven't been able to go for the card
He couldn't give any specific or exact reason though I probed
He does not get sick so doesn't see the need for one
He is a 3 day old baby whose mother's health card can be used to access health care
He is a new born baby about 3 weeks old and haven't been registered yet
He is a new born baby so when it's time for the next weighing time, I will do it for him
He is about 4 months old. His card will be done when he is 6 months old
He is still a little baby
He is too young but will do it when am going to renew
He is too young to register
He is yet to be enrolled on the scheme
He says health insurance doesn't run effectively, hence not reliable
He was registered sometime ago at their village and their cards weren't given to them and per that, has stopped pursuing it
Health Services uneffective
Health care not effective
Health insurance doesn't offer effective services
Health insurance holders are not given any better care
Health insurance holders don't receive better care
Health insurance office lacks cards and machines
Her card is lost
Her mother didn't do it for her. She was with her biological mother previously.
Her parents are yet to register here
His a new baby
His dad's health insurance covers him because the dad is a medical doctor
I am not sick, only the sick people.do.it
I and my household members do not get sick often
I can't be renewing it every year
I decided not to register but will do it within some small time
I decided to register for my spouse and children only and moreover I'll call for illness as soon as I register
I didn't register her because of her medical condition
I don't fall sick
I don't get sick
I don't get sick easily but I will do in two months time
I don't like their services
I don't see the need because I have never been sick to that extent of sending me to hospital
I don't usually get sick
I hardly fall sick
I have no reason
I have not found time to register
I normally go to the private hospital
I registered but did not receive the card.
I registered for it but didn't get my card
I went registered but didn't get my card
I've not been sick
I've presented documents, yet to be processed
Inconvenience in securing it
Inferior services to NHIS card holders
Insurance machines not working
Insurance office lacks cards and machines
Is something I haven't had time to think deeply about having
It is waste time
It's covered with his mum insurance for now and waiting till his about 6months or more so that we can register him
Joined the household after they registered
Junior baby is just 1 week 3 days old
Junior's still a baby, can be enrolled after three months
Just arrived in Ghana
Just one month old, yet to register
LOst card
Long ques at registration center
Long queue at the registration center
Long queues at registration center
Long queues at registration centers
Lost card
Lost interest in nhis
Lots of complaints about the non availability of network at the office
Machine at NHIS office faulty
Machine used by NSS was slow when he wanted to register
Machine was spoilt the day her mum wanted to enroll her
Machine was spoilt when she was to be enrolled
Malfunction of machine at the office
Materials to be use for the processing was finish
Medicine not enough for patients
Micheal is yet a new born baby and yet to be registered
Michene get damege
Mother hasn't considered registering her
Mother's health insurance covers the baby
Mother's yet to register for her
Mother's yet to register her
NHIS can't cover him
NHIS does't cover better services at the hospital
Never fall sick
Never sick
Never used it when he was covered.
New Born baby yet to be registered
New baby born not upto three months
New born
New born baby
New born baby yet to be registered
New born baby, yet to be registered
New born, yet to be registered
New household member
Newly born
Newly born baby
Newly born baby (one week old)
Newmont Ghana
No Reason
No money
No need for the moment
No need to get it because health care with nhis is not worth it, it's best to use your own money for health care.
No network at registration center
No reason
No specific reason given
No specific reasons
No time
No time to go register
Normally long waiting time at the centre
Not been here for long
Not been sick
Not comfortable with personal details asked for at the NHIS OFFICE
Not given good drugs when u access health care with NHIS card
Not having time
Not important to him
Not interested
Not interested in it
Not renewed
Not sick
Not sick yet
Not yet done. He's a new born baby
Not yet sick
Nothing
Now going to register
Office is always crowded as such doesn't always get needed attention
Onassis says he doesn't get sick
Out of laziness
Over crowded
Parent hasn't had Time to renew for him
Parent hasn't had time to register for her
Parent hasn't registered for her
Parent have not done it for me
Parents have not gotten time to do it for him
Parents have not registered her
Payment made but card it received.
Payment made but card, card not received
Payments made but cards not delivered.
Plenty complains about shortage of registration materials
Poor service
Prefers drug stores
Previous guardians didn't register him
Procastination
Procrastination
Registered but did not receive the card
Registered but never received card
Registered but was not provided the card and has stop pursuing it
Registered once but never got her card
Registered once but never had my card and have decided not to go there again
Registration failure
Registration process is cumbersome/tedious
Registration process takes time.
Religious beliefs
Resort to traditional healing methods
Respondent has no excuse
Respondent said because he is not sick he has no interest in registering
Respondent said she has the money but decided not to register
Respondent said she is thinking of how to cater for the family than renewing her issurance
Respondent said she is yet to register her
Respondent said there is no reason for her not been registered
She believes the insurance scheme doesn't work because most people allege that they pay for drugs even though they are covered
She gave no reason
She hardly fall sick
She has just been born so yet to register her
She is a new born baby
She is covered with her mother's insurance card
She is now going to register
She just came to live with [PII] less than a month ago
She just recently joined me here so would register for her soon
She said she did it three times but the computer don't want to capture her
She's just about 3 weeks old(Newly born)
She's still a baby and can only be registered after 3 months time
She's tried several times to register him but anytime she does the card never comes
She's yet to register him
Since she is a baby mothers health insurance cover's her automatically for a number of months
Someone came and registered them but never came back with cards
Still a baby, mother yet to register him
Still saving money to do it
Still young
Takes too much time to queue at the registration point
The health insurance system not working properly. They are just playing politics with it.
The insurance machine has broken down and she could not register
The machine has spoiled.
The place is always crowded
The premium has expired as at that time
The queue involved in getting the registration done is too long
The respondent said she visited the office to register the child but was told they are not doing new registrations
The way they treat NHIS holders in the hospital is not a good thing to engage in
Their machine is always damage
There are always long queues and such his time is always wasted there
There is no emergent reason to join
There is no emergent reason to register
There was no ink at the registration point at time of registration. Hasn't gone back since
They don't do registration in the community otherwise I will have registered
They have a problem with their machine, I've tried several times
Those under NHIS Premium do not get Proper treatment
Time factor to register
Time spent at enrolement site
Time to queue at the registration point is too much
Too much queue and lots of complaints about network failure at office
Too much queue at registration center
Too old to walk to the registration center
Too young
Too young to be registered
Too young, benefit from her mother's card
Too young.
Too young. Unless she is 3 month old
Too youth
Traditional medicines
Travel to site several time but did not able to enroll on because of network problem
Tried once but dud not get the card
U are not given good drugs when u access health care with NHIS card
Unavailability of NHIS Documents and machines from the NHIS centers
Unavailability of NHIS machines and documents at NHIS centers
Unavailability of registration papers or forms at registration centers
Unclear written renew and expiring date numbers at the back of the user card
Use other private health insurance
Use other private health insurance (provided by his employer)
Uses other private health insurance
Usually don't fall sick but I would register soon
Wait period is too long
Waiting for her to get three months
Waiting for the child to get three months
Waiting to be registered
Want and took the picture but the card never came
Want her to grow a little more
Was already covered by health insurance through employer
Was at school during registration
Was born about a month ago
Was duped during school time by teachers and it discouraged him from registering
Was given a paper receipt by NHIS center to go back next day and do the card but because of the length of queue in subsequent days refused to do the card
Was just born
Was not around during registration
Was not at home when we were doing the registration.
Was not available at time of registration
We are yet to register
We don't fall sick anyhow
Went to register but the machine was faulty
When I go to do it, I don't get it
When they came here last time to register people the people were so many I couldn't do mine.
Will do it
Will do it later
Will do it latter
Will do later
Will register soon, gave no specific reason why he has not yet registered
Would register as soon as the machine is fixed
Would register for him soon
Would register him soon
Would register when she is older
Yet to Register
[PII] is just a month old baby yet to be registered

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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