Agri Godwin Eneji
Health care expenditure, health status and national productivity in Nigeria (1999-2012)
University of Jos
major challenge facing policy makers allocate limited resources across range preferences contribute poverty reduction economic development including capital expenditures health education infrastructure recurrent expendituresthe aim study establish relationship healthcare expenditure health status national productivity nigeriathe motivation study relevance subject mattermost studies area treated impact governments expenditure health nigeria without linking expenditure appropriately productivitythis study situated applied economics relevance applied research cannot overestimatedsince public private health care sectors broad focused public healthcare expenditure 19992012 objective analysiswe reviewed several literatures also used secondary data run regressionwe also used questionnaires elicit responsespublic health care expenditure considered explanatory variable health status productivity poverty reductionhowever causal relationship weak nigeria scenarioif people countrys principal asset health status defines course development health characteristics determine nature direction sustainable human developmentnigeria needs investment health research innovationwe recommend universal healthcare coverage system everyone access healthcaremore increase ngly globalized world recognized high levels investment research innovation essential economic competitiveness yield innovation areas healthcare environmental technologiesthese make tangible improvements quality lifethe challenges prospect primary healthcare delivery rural development need study