According to the 2016 population census, Sixty-eight (68) percent of Jordanians and fifty-five (55) percent of the Kingdom’s overall population, including children under six years old, are covered by various types of health insurance.
A study of health insurance coverage rates by the Department of Statistics evaluates duplication in health insurance as well as the burden the government bears for providing healthcare to non-Jordanians (majorly refugees and asylum seekers). It states that the Ministry of Health insurance covers 41.7 percent of Jordanians, followed by the Royal Medical Services (38 percent) and private insurance firms (12.4 percent). The remaining coverage is provided by university hospitals, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, international insurance, and other sources.
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