Economic valuation of setting up a social health enterprise in urban poor-resource setting in Kenya Posted on 04/11/2021 by David Waiganjo PUBLICATIONS RESOURCES // PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles Economic valuation of setting up a social health enterprise in urban poor-resource setting in Kenya Health and Wellbeing November 2021 The failure of the market and government to provide quality healthcare services have been the motivation to set up social health enterprise. However, the value for money associated with setting up a social health enterprise in sub-Sahara African countries has been relatively unexplored in the literature. The study presents the first empirical estimates of the mean willingness-to-pay (WTP) for setting up a social health enterprise that will simultaneously run a health center and provide health insurance scheme in an urban resource-poor setting and explores whether the benefits outweigh the costs. Download CONTRIBUTORS Associate Research Scientist Shukri Mohamed Shukri Mohamed is an Associate Research Scientist in the Chronic… View Profile Research Officer Peter Otieno Peter Otieno is a Research Officer in the Health and… View Profile Statistician Martin Kavao Mutua Martin works under the Health Challenges and Systems research program.… View Profile SIMILAR PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles Women’s autonomy and reproductive health-care-seeking behavior in Ethiopia Journal Articles Women’s attitudes and beliefs towards specific contraceptive methods in Bangladesh and Kenya Briefing Papers Why do some men and women never test for HIV? Insights from Demographic and Health Surveys in Zambia and Lesotho General Who are the missing men? Characterizing men who have never tested for HIV from population-based surveys in six sub-Saharan African countries Technical Reports Voices for action: A report of community engagement on vulnerability and solutions to food and nutrition insecurity maasai community, Kajiado, Kenya* General Voices for action Journal Articles Vitamin a supplementation and stunting levels among two year olds in kenya: evidence from the 2008-09 kenya demographic and health survey* Journal Articles Use of anchoring vignettes to evaluate health reporting behavior amongst adults aged 50 years and above in africa and asia testing assumptions* Policy brief Unsafe abortion as a risk factor for maternal mortality in Liberia