Background: There is high reliance on out-of-pocket (OOP) health payments as a means of
financing health system in Nigeria. OOP health payments can make households face …

Objective We examine socio-economic status (SES) and geographic differences in
willingness of respondents to pay for community-based health insurance (CBHI). Methods …

Objective There is limited evidence about levels of socio-economic and other differences in
catastrophic health spending in Nigeria and in many sub-Saharan African countries. The …

The study utilizes the multivariate analytical tool to describe the relationship that exists
between health care financing, health facility utilization and health outcome in Nigeria. The …

Objectives To determine the inequities in the household income depletion resulting from
malaria treatment expenditures, the sacrifice of basic household needs (catastrophe) and …

Health financing reforms have recently received much attention in developing countries.
However, out-of-pocket payments remain substantial. When such payments involve …

Background It is important that community-based health insurance (CBHI) schemes are
designed in such a way as to ensure the relevance of the benefit packages to potential …

OBJECTIVES: To determine how equitable enrolment and utilization of community-based
health insurance is in two communities with varying levels of success in implementing the …

The performances of African countries particularly in West African Sub-region on global-
human development indices had been abysmal over the years and have worsened in the …

Aim: To determine financial barriers that impede the utilization of screening and treatment
services for breast cancer among Nigerian women from different socioeconomic groups …