Problems and prospects of financing health care delivery in nigeria

Project Abstract

Health care financing is a critical aspect of health care delivery systems worldwide, and Nigeria is no exception. The Nigerian health care system faces significant challenges in terms of financing, which have implications for the quality and accessibility of health services in the country. This research project aims to explore the problems and prospects of financing health care delivery in Nigeria. The study will adopt a mixed-methods approach, combining quantitative analysis of health care financing data with qualitative interviews and focus group discussions with key stakeholders in the health sector. The quantitative analysis will focus on trends in health care financing in Nigeria, including government expenditure on health, out-of-pocket payments by individuals, and contributions from private health insurance schemes. This analysis will provide an overview of the current state of health care financing in the country and identify key challenges. The qualitative component of the study will involve in-depth interviews with policymakers, health care providers, and beneficiaries of health services. These interviews will explore stakeholders' perspectives on the problems facing health care financing in Nigeria, including issues such as inadequate funding, inefficiencies in resource allocation, and lack of financial protection for vulnerable populations. The interviews will also seek to identify potential solutions and strategies for improving health care financing in the country. The research project will also examine the prospects for financing health care delivery in Nigeria. This will involve an assessment of existing health financing models in other countries, with a focus on low- and middle-income countries with similar health care challenges. The study will identify best practices and lessons learned from these experiences that could be applied to the Nigerian context. Overall, this research project will provide valuable insights into the problems and prospects of financing health care delivery in Nigeria. By combining quantitative analysis with qualitative perspectives from key stakeholders, the study aims to generate evidence-based recommendations for policymakers and practitioners in the health sector. Ultimately, the findings of this research project have the potential to inform policy decisions and interventions aimed at strengthening health care financing systems in Nigeria, with the ultimate goal of improving access to quality health services for all Nigerians.

Project Overview

<p> <b></b></p><p><b><b>INTRODUCTION</b></b></p><p><b><b></b></b></p><b><b><p><b>1.1 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br></b><b>BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY</b></p><p><b></b></p><b><p>Nigeria is<br>once again on the roller caster of a new clinche</p><p>“2010” with health care reform as<br>one of the major pivots of the vision. The tremendous rate our medical<br>personnel’s (Doctor and Nurses) travels out of the country for greener pasture<br>has caused &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>More harm to his country than<br>good.</p><p>The percentage of death rate as a<br>result of treatment by in experienced Doctor and Nurses are numerous. Our<br>intelligent and future hopes were deformed by one disease or the other because<br>of treatment by non-experts.</p><p>ODUTOLA, (1997) in his book<br>demonstrated that “our hospitals have become mere consulting clinics”.</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Our<br>health care system has collapsed”</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; “Our<br>hospital are short everything”</p><p>What then is our hope and aim<br>towards achieving the goal of vision 2010.</p><p>This motivated the researcher to<br>identify the problems and prospects of financing Health care Delivery in<br>Nigeria.</p><p>1.2 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <b>STATEMENT OF THE<br>PROBLEM</b></p><p>The research<br>work is concerned with the problems and prospects of financing health care<br>delivery programme in Nigeria. The level of service offered to the health<br>system is very low. This is with particular reference to staff attitudes and<br>performance. They cried bitterly of their salary as to compare to other co-medical<br>personeels in other countries. They were promised to be paid, but was not<br>effective some of them decided to travel out of country for better future.</p><p>Some hospitals<br>requires refurbishment and other need certain amenities, but none was done,<br>rather they were closed down and some becomes unfuctional Hospitals preemies<br>are littered with broken down equipment and unopened create of new equipment<br>with no place for installation. The <br>patronage of the government health facilities is very low.</p><p>1.3 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<b>OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY</b></p><p><b></b></p><b><p>1. &nbsp; To<br>find out the effect of inadequate fund on hospital facilities.</p><p>2. &nbsp; To<br>verify the utilization of fund allocated on hospital facilities.</p><p>3. &nbsp; To<br>study the influence of hospital salary on medical personnel.</p><p>4. &nbsp; &nbsp;To ascertain if the medical personeels were<br>paid according to the economic to the approval government scales.</p><p><b>RESEARCH QUESTIONS</b></p><p><b></b></p><b><p>1. &nbsp; How<br>does inadequacy of fund on hospital facilities affect the</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; economic growth of Nigeria.</p><p>2. &nbsp; How<br>are the funds allocated on hospital facilities used.</p><p>3. &nbsp; Does<br>the salary of the medical personnel’s seem favorable seem favorable to them.</p><p>4. &nbsp; Were<br>the medical personnel’s paid as they are supposed to.</p><p><b>SIGNIFICANCE<br>OF THE STUDY</b></p><p><b></b></p><b><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Health<br>concerned each and every member of our society directly or in directly,<br>individual or collectively, consciously or unconsciously. The beneficiaries<br>include the entire country at large. The government and the citizens.</p><p>&nbsp; <br>The Entire country – The attainment of good health by the people<br>of one state in the federation, which lead to social and economically<br>productive life at the highest possible level.</p><p>&nbsp;<br>The Government – In a country where the individuals were healthy, there<br>is a tendency that the work force will be strong and productive.</p><p>&nbsp;<br>The Citizens – Intellectuals and competent intelligent people &nbsp; should not loss their lives as a result of<br>diseases and infections. People can engaged themselves in one activity or the<br>other thereby making something useful to the country.</p><p><b>LIMITATION<br>OF THE STUDY</b></p><p><b></b></p><b><p>Those aspects of health left were<br>as have of time – The researcher do not have the time of going from one state<br>to another for the collection of data, as a result, they were left out.</p><p>Finance – There is no money for<br>the researcher to the moving round the states of the federation for data<br>collection and in some place, there will be no data available.</p><p>Lack of accurate data – Most data<br>seen were not accurate to the topic<br>involved in the project &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><b>DEFINTION<br>OF TERMS</b></p><p><b></b></p><b><p><b>PROBLEM OF FINANCING – </b>Difficulties<br>in raising fund.</p><p><b>PROSPECT OF FINANCING – </b>Expected<br>way of raising fund.</p><p><b>HEALTH CARE – </b>Organized<br>effort at the National, state or community level to deliver service in order to<br>attain a set of pre-determined health related goals.</p><p><b>MEDICAL PERSONEELS – </b>Those<br>responsible for ones state of health example; the medical Doctors, Nurses, Lab<br>technologist, Pharmacist etc.</p><p><b>TO MEDICAL PERSONEELS – </b>Counter<br>parts of medical personnel’s in other areas.</p><p><b>HEALTH INSTITUTIONS – </b>This<br>means any hospital, clinic or nursing home or associated Institutions,<br>convalescent home or specialized services maintained by the government, used<br>for the reception and treatment of persons suffering from any sickness, injury<br>or bodily or mentally infirmity birth or Immediately after child birth for the<br>purpose of providing such person with nursing or surgical attention.</p><p><b>TERTIARY HEALTH CARE – </b>They<br>handle cases that the secondary health care cannot handle. They are the<br>teaching Hospitals, Specialist Hospital and Special and Hospitals.</p><p><b>SECONDARY HEALTH CARE- </b>Cases/sickness<br>where the clinics are unable to cope, it will be referred to secondary. They<br>are state owned General Hospitals; Private owned Hospitals and Voluntary Agency<br>Hospitals.</p><p><b>PRIMARY HEALTH CARE- </b>These<br>are clinics, Health centers where one usually go for the first treatment. They<br>are responsible to refer where they are unable to handle.</p><p><b>REFERENCES</b></p><p><b></b></p><b><p>ERONINI E.M &nbsp; &nbsp; (1995) “A New approach to health care<br>financing in</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Nigeria”</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Page<br>46 – 48.</p><p>ORJIH .J. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (1996) “Business Research Methodology”</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Methodology”</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Mbtesoy<br>Publicity Co. Enugu</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; PP.<br>37 – 41, 203 – 204.</p><p>ODUTOLA. A.B. (1997) “Visioning<br>Health care in Nigeria by the year</p><p>&nbsp;2010 and beyond”</p><p>Health Issues; No 03 P</p><p>Page 2-3</p><p>COWIE A.P &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (1993) Oxford Advanced Learners DICTIONARY.</p><p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Oxford<br>University Press.</p></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b></b> <br><p></p>