National health accounts of Nigeria: results from second round of estimation

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Title:	National health accounts of Nigeria: results from second round of estimation
Authors:	Lawanson, Akanni O. Olaniyan, Olanrewaju Soyibo, Adedoyin
Year:	2010
Periodical:	Ibadan journal of the social sciences (ISSN 1597-5207)
Volume:	8
Issue:	2
Pages:	178-189
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Nigeria
Subjects:	health financing household expenditure health insurance
Abstract:	National Health Accounts (NHA) track the flows of health spending from financial sources to end users. This paper uses this framework to capture the general health expenditure and updates the earlier NHA for Nigeria by providing estimates for 2003-2005. The estimates were prepared in line with the WHO's guide to the NHA estimation. The estimates reveal that households are the major source of health funds in Nigeria. Government funding accounts for a quarter of the health funds but the main incidence still lies with households. These funds are spent about equally in private and public health facilities. Although resource pooling is not widespread, health insurance is a significant potential option in health care financing. Given health is a public good, the implication is that there is a need for the government to focus on the responsibility to lessen the burden of health expenditure for poor households. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [Journal abstract]