PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND HEALTH OUTCOMES IN NIGERIA

It is argued that while increase in budgetary allocation to social services is highly desirable, it is not sufficient to guarantee enhancement in better health outcome. This paper links public health expenditure, economic growth and health outcomes and the causality among them using Nigeria data. The finding suggests increase in public health expenditure has decreased infant mortality rate while infant mortality rate is negatively correlated with economic growth. Interestingly, the direction of causality among public health expenditure, infant mortality rate and growth is unidirectional, from public health expenditure to growth.

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APA

Edeme, R. & Olisakwe, O (2019). PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND HEALTH OUTCOMES IN NIGERIA. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/public-health-expenditure-economic-growth-and-health-outcomes-in-nigeria

MLA 8th

Edeme, Richardson, and Oluchukwu Olisakwe "PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND HEALTH OUTCOMES IN NIGERIA" Afribary. Afribary, 19 Feb. 2019, https://afribary.com/works/public-health-expenditure-economic-growth-and-health-outcomes-in-nigeria. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.

MLA7

Edeme, Richardson, and Oluchukwu Olisakwe . "PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND HEALTH OUTCOMES IN NIGERIA". Afribary, Afribary, 19 Feb. 2019. Web. 25 Dec. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/public-health-expenditure-economic-growth-and-health-outcomes-in-nigeria >.

Chicago

Edeme, Richardson and Olisakwe, Oluchukwu . "PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURE, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND HEALTH OUTCOMES IN NIGERIA" Afribary (2019). Accessed December 25, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/public-health-expenditure-economic-growth-and-health-outcomes-in-nigeria