Health Insurance Awareness Among the University Teachers in Pokhara Valley

Abstract

The aims of the paper is to observe the level of awareness on health insurance among the university teachers in Pokhara valley. The study has followed descriptive and cross sectional research design. Primary data have been obtained administering structured questionnaire among the 150 teachers of university and constituent campus of Pokhara University located in Kaski District. Chi Square test, Mann Whitney and Kruskal Wallis Test have been used to test the hypothesis. The study concludes that majority of the respondents are aware about the government health insurance program launched in the country. The opinion regarding the health awareness and knowledge on health insurance is most associated with ethnicity and least associated with sex and marital status, and moderately associated with age and educational level.