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    Determinants of community health fund membership drop out in Lindi district council of Tanzania
    (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2014) REUBEN,DELFINA
    Tanzania, have been implementing Community Health Fund scheme in its government health services since 1996. Lindi District Council is one of the six councils which make Lindi Region. There have been a lot of research and studies on CHF in Tanzania such as determinants for CHF enrolment, reasons for the continuing low enrolment in the district. There is scanty information about the actual factors that determine CHF membership drop out, in the study area. However, the overall objective of the study was to identify the factors determining the CHF membership drop out in Lindi District council. Specifically, the study aimed at determining the perception of CHF members on CHF management, determinants of joining the CHF scheme, duration which CHF members stay under the insurance before they drop out and determinants of CHF membership drop out. Interview and Focus Group Discussions were used to collect data. Statistical Package for Social Science Programme (SPSS) was applied to analyze both qualitative and quantitative data. By using multiple linear Regression analysis, the study revealed the factors that determined CHF membership drop out in the study area. Those factors included socio and economic and demographic characteristics such as ability to pay the premium. Finally the study provides four strong recommendations that could be done to improve CHF membership retention in the study area and other district councils where CHF scheme is implemented.