An assessment of primary health care costs and resource requirements in Kaduna and Kano, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The availability of quality primary health care (PHC) services in Nigeria is limited. The PHC system faces significant challenges and the improvement and expansion of PHC services is constrained by low government spending on health, especially on PHC. Out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures dominate health spending in Nigeria and the reliance on OOP payments leads to financial burdens on the poorest and most vulnerable populations. To address these challenges, the Nigerian government has implemented several legislative and policy reforms, including the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Act enacted in 2022 to make health insurance mandatory for all Nigerian citizens and residents. Our study aimed to determine the costs of providing PHC services at public health facili

SUBMITTER: Ogundeji Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10794985 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature