Nigeria Health Financing System Assessment
Nigeria's commitment to universal health coverage was enshrined by the passage of the National Health Act of 2014 in response to the continued underinvestment and poor performance of its health care system. Lack of data on available resources...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/782821529683086336/Nigeria-health-financing-system-assessment http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30174 |
| Summary: | Nigeria's commitment to universal
health coverage was enshrined by the passage of the National
Health Act of 2014 in response to the continued
underinvestment and poor performance of its health care
system. Lack of data on available resources for health, the
cost and use of health services, and the performance of
front line providers has made it hard for the health sector
to efficiently plan and advocate for additional investments
in health. However, in the last 18 months, twoimportant
sources of information were made available – the national
health accounts (2010-2016) to look at resource allocation
and spending decisions at the national level, and, a
national health facility survey (2016) to assess the
performance of service delivery at primary health care
facilities. As such, while based on comprehensive analytics,
this health financing system assessment was envisioned as a
just-in-time policy brief on the health financing system
that would provide actionable policy recommendations to the
Ministries of Health, Budget and Planning, and the Vice
President's office. |
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