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Equity in healthcare financing in Nigeria

Using both graphical and geometric analyses, this paper examines the extent of inequity in healthcare finance among the Nigerian population. One of the acclaimed plans in healthcare in this teeming community is the mix method of financing but the system in practise is dominated with Out-of-Pockets (...

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720 |a Lawanson, A. O.  |e author 
720 |a Opeloyeru, O. S.  |e author 
260 |c 2016 
520 |a Using both graphical and geometric analyses, this paper examines the extent of inequity in healthcare finance among the Nigerian population. One of the acclaimed plans in healthcare in this teeming community is the mix method of financing but the system in practise is dominated with Out-of-Pockets (OOPs) meanwhile the degree of income inequality still remain high. Using the Nigerian Living Standard Survey (NLSS) data conducted in 2004, the framework for this study relies on Kakwani Progressivity Index (KPI). A decomposition of the groups into lower and upper bound however, reveal that health payment for lower bound is regressive while payment for upper bound is progressive. Although, the upper bound result dominates the entire result which finally suggests a progressive system arising from the spending habit of the rich in seeking for healthcare services abroad. 
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024 8 |a Journal of Hospital Administration 5(5), pp. 53-59 
024 8 |a http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8475 
653 |a Healthcare finance 
653 |a Financial inequity 
653 |a Lorenz curve 
653 |a Concentration payment curve 
653 |a Kakwani Progressive Index 
653 |a Concentration Index 
653 |a Gin coefficient 
245 0 0 |a Equity in healthcare financing in Nigeria