A time series analysis of government expenditure and health outcomes in Nigeria
Journal of Public Health in Africa
| Field | Value | |
| Title | A time series analysis of government expenditure and health outcomes in Nigeria | |
| Creator | Awoyemi, Bosede O. Makanju, Aderonke A. Mpapalika, Jane Ekpeyo, Rita S. | |
| Description | Background: Despite a significant share of Nigeria’s budget in the health sector, the health status has not improved, as reflected by poor health indicators.Objective: This study investigates the linkages between government expenditure and health outcomes in Nigeria. Methods: The Autoregressive Distributed Lag technique was used to examine the short- and long-run effects of government health expenditure on health outcomes separately. The health outcome was captured by life expectancy at birth and mortality rate.Results: Findings show a negative relationship exists between health expenditure and mortality rate, implying that a rise in health expenditure leads to a decrease in mortality rate, while life expectancy at birth positively responds to the changes in health expenditure. Conclusions: As a policy recommendation from this study, the government should pursue increasing health expenditure and partner with the private sector in the form of Public-Private Partnerships to improve the health sector and outcomes. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2023-07-26 | |
| Identifier | 10.4081/jphia.2023.1409 | |
| Source | Journal of Public Health in Africa; Vol 14, No 7 (2023); 6 2038-9930 2038-9922 | |
| Language | eng | |
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