Understanding Unmet Healthcare Needs in Nigeria: Implications for Universal Health Coverage.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many individuals in low- and middle-income countries with healthcare needs do not access the necessary, often lifesaving healthcare services. Existing universal health coverage (UHC) indicators do not account for a portion of the population with unmet healthcare needs.

Objective

To estimate the prevalence, wealth-related inequality, and determinants of unmet healthcare needs in Nigeria using data from the nationally-representative Nigeria Living Standards Survey, 2018-2019.

Methods

We analyzed data from a cross-sectional sample of 116 320 Nigerians from 22 110 households selected using multi-stage probability sampling. The outcome variable was self-reported unmet healthcare needs. We conducted concentration index (CIX) analyzes to assess wealth-related ineq

SUBMITTER: Eze P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11956516 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature