Since the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was established in Nigeria, in 1999, not much study has been carried out to investigate whether access to quality health care has improved as a result of the introduction of the scheme. Using primary data from Lagos, this study applies ...
Nigeria National Health Insurance Scheme…..easy access to healthcare for all Driving Health Policy Objective Improving population coverage, a core objective of the health system Health Systems globally seek ways to improve health outcomes. Good population health: a prerequisite for economic development ...
Background: The major objective of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Nigeria is to protect families udfrom the financial hardship of large medical bills. Catastrophic Health Expenditure (CHE) is rampart in Nigeria uddespite the take-off of the NHIS. This study aimed to determine ...
A descriptive survey was carried out at the University of llor脙颅n Teaching Hospital, llor脙颅n, Nigeria to assess the influence of the new National Health Insurance Scheme on job satisfaction of nurses and midwives of the hospital. 80 nurses and midwives were randomly se...
Health InsuranceRural householdsOsun StateNigeriaOut-of-pocket finance of health care has constituted serious barrier to health service seeking behaviour in Nigeria. This study analyzed the factors influencing rural households' willingness to pay (WTP) for NHIS in Osun State. Data were collected ...
1 Faculty of Pharmacy, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria;2 National Orthopedic Hospital, Kano, Kano State, NigeriaB.B. Preh1 Faculty of Pharmacy, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Nigeria;2 National Orthopedic Hospital, Kano, Kano State, ...
INTRODUCTION: In Nigeria, inequity and poor accessibility to quality health care has been a persistent problem. This study aimed to determine knowledge and attitude of civil servants in Osun state towards the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). METHODOLOGY: This is a descriptive, cross section...
Background: Nigeria and Ghana have recently introduced a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) with the aim of moving towards universal health care using... IA Odeyemi,J Nixon - 《International Journal for Equity in Health》 被引量: 113发表: 2013年 Traditional Healthcare Delivery Systems in ...
Limitations:the findings from this study may be ungeneralizable to the general population of healthcare workers in Nigeria. This is particularly on account of the fact that this study surveyed only healthcare workers in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Clinic of only one of the tertia...
2.3. Nigeria SBE is a major public health problem among communities of the savanna region of West Africa (Chippaux et al., 2007; Warrell and Arnett, 1976; WHO, 2007). It is estimated that Nigeria has the highest burden of snakebite morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. An early...