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ArticleJournal of public health in Africa2023

A time series analysis of government expenditure and health outcomes in Nigeria.

Bosede Olanike Awoyemi, Aderonke Abisola Makanju, Jane Mpapalika, Rita Samuel Ekpeyo

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Article in Journal of public health in Africa, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Bosede Olanike AwoyemiDepartment of Economics, Afe Babalola University of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
Aderonke Abisola MakanjuResearch Department, Lagos Business School, Lagos State.
Jane MpapalikaCapacity Building and Collaborations Department, Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA) P. O. Box, Regent Estate, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania.
Rita Samuel EkpeyoDepartment of Economics, Afe Babalola University of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Despite a significant share of Nigeria's budget in the health sector, the health status has not improved, as reflected by poor health indicators. Objective: This study investigates the linkages between government expenditure and health outcomes in Nigeria. Methods: The Autoregressive Distributed Lag technique was used to examine the short- and long-run effects of government health expenditure on health outcomes separately. The health outcome was captured by life expectancy at birth and mortality rate. Results: Findings show a negative relationship exists between health expenditure and mortality rate, implying that a rise in health expenditure leads to a decrease in mortality rate, while life expectancy at birth positively responds to the changes in health expenditure. Conclusions: As a policy recommendation from this study, the government should pursue increasing health expenditure and partner with the private sector in the form of Public-Private Partnerships to improve the health sector and outcomes.

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health expenditurehealth outcomelife expectancymortality rateNigeria

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PMCPMC10481895

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