Knowledge, awareness and readiness of private sector doctors practising in the Ethekweni and Ugu districts of KwaZulu-Natal province for the implementation of the National Health Insurance

Figures & data

Table 1: Respondents’ knowledge of NHI according to gender, age and practice (n = 70)

Demographics	Knowledge of respondents re the NHI
	Good knowledge, n (%)	Satisfactory knowledge, n (%)	No/poor knowledge, n (%)	n
Gender
Males	15 (27)	37 (66)	4 (7)	56
Females	2 (14)	11 (79)	1 (7)	14
Age
30–40	3 (20)	10 (67)	2 (13)	15
41–50	5 (26)	14 (74)	0 (0)	19
51–60	4 (20)	14 (70)	2 (10)	20
61–70	4 (33.3)	7 (58.3)	1 (8.4)	12
Practice
General practitioners	9 (24.3)	26 (70.3)	2 (5.4)	37
Specialists	8 (24)	22 (67)	3 (9)	33

Table 2: Respondents’ awareness of the National Health Insurance scheme according to gender, age and practice (n = 70)

Demographic	Awareness of doctors re the NHI, n (%)
Gender
Males (n = 56)	51 (91)
Females (n = 14)	13 (93)
Age
< 40 (n = 16)	16 (100)
41–50 (n = 19)	18 (95)
51–60 (n = 20)	18 (90)
61–70 (n = 12)	11 (92)
> 70 (n = 3)	1 (33)
Practice
General practitioners (n = 37)	33 (89)
Specialists (n = 33)	31 (94)

Table 3: Respondents’ support for the NHI according to gender, age and practice (n = 70)

Demographics	Support, n (%)	Did not support, n (%)	Insufficient knowledge, hence did not comment on support, n (%)
Gender
Males (n = 56)	33 (59)	14 (25)	9 (16)
Females (n = 14)	2 (14)	8 (57)	4 (29)
Total (n = 70)	35 (50)	22 (31)	13 (19)
Age
30–40 (n = 15)	5 (33)	7 (47)	3 (20)
41–50 (n = 19)	9 (47)	7 (37)	3 (16)
51–60 (n = 20)	11 (55)	5 (25)	4 (20)
61–70 (n = 12)	9 (75)	2 (17)	1 (8)
Practice
General practitioners (n = 37)	19 (51)	10 (27)	8 (22)
Specialists (n = 33)	16 (49)	12 (36)	5 (15)

Table 4: Knowledge of doctors and their support (n = 70; p < 0.05)

Support for NHI	Good knowledge, n (%)	Satisfactory knowledge, n (%)	No knowledge, n (%)
Yes (n = 35)	10 (29)	25 (71)	0 (0)
No (n = 22)	7 (32)	14 (64)	1 (4)
Cannot comment (n = 13)	0 (0)	9 (69)	4 (31)

Table 5: Doctors’ awareness of NHI and their support

	Aware of NHI, n (%)	Not aware of NHI, n (%)
Support of NHI
Yes (n = 35)	34 (97)	1 (3)
No (n = 22)	21 (95)	1 (5)
Insufficient knowledge (n = 13)	9 (69)	4 (31)

Table 6: Readiness of private sector doctors for the implementation of NHI with regard to infrastructure, resources, time and skills (n = 70)

Factor	Yes, n (%)	No, n (%)	Not sure, n (%)	p-value
Infrastructure	32 (46)	30 (43)	8 (11)	0.001
Resources	32 (46)	26 (37)	12 (17)	0.011
Time	31 (44)	27 (39)	12 (17)	0.014
Skills	45 (64)	17 (24)	8 (12)	0.000