Abstract
Health insurance in Saudi Arabia is characterized by serious reforms, as the country has undergone major expansion of its healthcare system. Despite enormous positive developments like introduction of compulsory health benefit scheme for all, healthcare is still in its nascent stage in the Kingdom and little is known about user demographics of the uninsured expatriate workers and its association with their health status. The present study has attempted to highlight the impact of certain key demographic factors such as age, educational level, nationality and language proficiency on the health status of non-insured expatriates working in Saudi Arabia. A cross-sectional survey with a multi-stage stratified cluster sampling technique was used with verified questionnaires. Our findings indicate that important characteristics such as age, education, nationality and language, are associated with an individual's health status. The analysis of these demographic factors impacting health insurance of expatriates will help in determining successful and beneficial working of health insurance and its accessibility with regard to ever increasing expatriate participation in future.