Fifty-seven per cent of the participants were covered by voluntary private health insurance (VPHI). The premiums were mostly self-paid (71.2%); 7.3% of the premiums were paid for by employers, and 7.7% of the premiums were paid for by both the employer and the insured. The mean monthly premium for VPHI was Int$109.36 (SD = 109.05).
Slightly more than half of the respondents (n = 289; 63.1%) preferred VCHI (Scenario C), whereas 27.5% (n = 126) preferred Compulsory Social Health Insurance (Scenario B) and 9.4% (n = 43) preferred Scenario A