The Effectiveness of Health Expenditure on the Proximate and Ultimate Goals of Healthcare in Sub-Saharan Africa

Mobile phones in the diffusion of knowledge and persistence in inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa

“…In accordance with Kliner et al (2013), rural communities are those which most benefit from the development externalities of health-tailored mobile phone applications. Kirui et al (2013) This position is also in accordance with Ssozi and Amlani (2015) on the relevance of targeted health-spending in reducing the rural-urban divide.…”

Conditional Determinants of Mobile Phones Penetration and Mobile Banking in Sub-Saharan Africa

“…Rural communities are among the greatest beneficiaries of health-based mobile applications (Kliner et al, 2013), a stance that is consistent with the conclusions of Kirui et al (2013) Hence, with increased targeted expenditure, such health services are instrumental in bridging the rural-urban divide (Ssozi & Amlani, 2015).…”

Understanding the effectiveness of government health expenditure in improving health equity: Preliminary evidence from global health expenditure and child mortality rate

“…Although evidence has shown that government health expenditure can better protect the vulnerable groups from the risk of ill‐health (eg, the elderly, the poor, and the less educated), a growing number of studies find that government health expenditure fails to improve health equity . This failure may result from the pattern of healthcare resource allocation, the asymmetric exposure of the vulnerable groups to the healthcare cut induced by austerity policy, or the lower efficiency of public resource delivery . To be specific, it has been found that there is imbalance in health equity between developed and underdeveloped areas.…”