Effect of public health expenditure on health outcomes in Nigeria and Ghana

Oladosu, Ayomide; Chanimbe, Timothy; Anaduaka, Uchechi Shirley

doi:10.1016/j.hpopen.2022.100072

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“…Furthermore, the findings also suggest that if Nigeria could get over her health sector challenges, then it would become easy to bridge the gap between Nigeria and the developed world. This finding conforms to other findings (see Victoria et al, 2000;Oladosu et al, 2022).…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Findings from the relationship between government expenditure and health outcome have generated some controversies in the literature. While some believe that the relationship is positive (see Oladosu et al, 2022), others see the relationship to be negative (See Adewunmi et al, 2018). However, buttressing the relevance of the health sector and how it could impact economic growth, Victoria, Barros, Silva, Vaughan and Tomasi (2000) identify health problems and challenges as factors that could bring differences on the impact of health sector on economic growth.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This result does not conform to apriori expectations. Oladosu, et al (2022) investigated the relationship between government health expenditure and health outcome in Nigeria and Ghana using data from 2000 to 2018. The study found a negative relationship between government health expenditure and infant mortality, maternal mortality, malaria mortality and HIV/AIDS mortality in Ghana.…”

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Link between Government Health Expenditure and Health Outcome in Nigeria, 1981-2019

Umaru

Rotimi

John

2022

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This study examines the relationship between government health expenditure and health outcome in Nigeria using time series data on infant mortality, government health expenditure, school enrollment ratio and the gross domestic product for the period covering 1981 to 2020. The study sourced data from the World Bank data base and Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) statistical bulletin. Infant mortality rate was used as a proxy for health outcome based on data availability and the literature. As dictated by the data, the study used Vector Autoregressive model (VAR) to analyse the relationship between government health expenditure and health outcome in Nigeria for the period under study. The variables in the model were all integrated of order one and were cointegrated using the Johansen’s cointegration test. Government health expenditure is found to have a negative relationship with infant mortality in Nigeria; an indication that an increase in health expenditure has the tendency to decrease infant mortality in Nigeria. The study finds school enrollment to be significant. Therefore, the study recommends among other things that government expenditure should be increased to diminish infant mortality as well as enhance school enrolment.

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Link between Government Health Expenditure and Health Outcome in Nigeria, 1981-2019

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John

2022

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“…Grossman ( 27 ) argues that a positive change in health investments will positively affect health outcomes in any society. Findings of Oladosu et al ( 38 ) supports this view of Grossman. Oladosu et al ( 38 ) analyze the impact of public health spending on health outcomes (such as infant mortality, malaria mortality, and maternal mortality) for Nigeria and Ghana.…”

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“…Findings of Oladosu et al ( 38 ) supports this view of Grossman. Oladosu et al ( 38 ) analyze the impact of public health spending on health outcomes (such as infant mortality, malaria mortality, and maternal mortality) for Nigeria and Ghana. Contrary to the findings for Ghana, there is a positive relationship between public health expenditures and health outcomes in Nigeria.…”

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The relationship between health expenditure indicators and economic growth in OECD countries: A Driscoll-Kraay approach

Beylik¹,

Çıraklı

Çetin

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

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IntroductionThe main purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between health expenditure indicators and economic growth in OECD countries.MethodsIn this context, health expenditures and economic indicators data of 21 OECD countries were analyzed by the Driscoll-Kraay standard error approach within the scope of panel data analysis. While Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and income per capita were used as dependent variables, the amount of out-of-pocket health spending, per capita health expenditure, the amount of public health expenditure, the ratio of drug expenditures to gross domestic product, the share of current health expenditures in GDP were used as independent variables.ResultsAccording to the results, in the model (Model 1) where real GDP level was used as the dependent variable, all health expenditure indicators were positively related to the economic growth. When the estimation results of Model 1 are examined, it is predicted that there will be an increase of 0.09% in GDP in case of a 1% increase in the share allocated to health services from GDP. In case of a 1% increase in the amount of out-of-pocket spending on healthcare, it is foreseen that there may be an increase of 0.04% in the real GDP. In the model (Model 2) where the per capita income variable is the dependent variable, it is seen that the increase in out- of-pocket health spending has a decreasing effect on the per capita income level, while the increase in public expenditures has an increasing effect on the per capita income level. From the findings of Model 2, it was found that if a 1% increase in the share of current health expenditures in GDP, there may be an increase of 0.06% in the amount of per capita income.DiscussionConcludingly, it is possible to say that that public resources allocated to health services play an important role in the economic growth.

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Air pollution, public health expenditure, and physical health: Evidence from China

Jiang,

Li,

Chen

2024

Environmental Quality Mgmt

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Air pollution is known to have adverse effects on physical health, but the influence of public health expenditure (PHE) on physical health has received less attention. This study utilizes 2 years of panel data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) to investigate the effects of air pollution and PHE on physical health. The main findings reveal that, for each unit increase in SO2, there is a corresponding decrease of 0.006 in physical health. For each unit increase in PHE, there is a 0.838 increase in physical health. Heterogeneity analysis indicates that the impact of air pollution on public health varies among different groups. Notably, air pollution has more detrimental effects on women's health compared to men, and middle‐aged and elderly individuals are more vulnerable to air pollution. Additionally, urban residents are more susceptible to the adverse effects of air pollution compared to rural residents. Furthermore, PHE positively impacts women's health and significantly enhances the health of rural residents. People residing in western and central regions are more susceptible to air pollution than those in the eastern regions. This underscores the importance of tailoring environmental pollution reduction and PHE increase policies to address the unique needs of various groups and regions in order to promote overall improvements in residents' health.

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Effect of public health expenditure on health outcomes in Nigeria and Ghana

Cited by 21 publications

References 10 publications

Link between Government Health Expenditure and Health Outcome in Nigeria, 1981-2019

Link between Government Health Expenditure and Health Outcome in Nigeria, 1981-2019

The relationship between health expenditure indicators and economic growth in OECD countries: A Driscoll-Kraay approach

Air pollution, public health expenditure, and physical health: Evidence from China

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