Title: Investigating determinants of out-of-pocket spending and strategies for coping with payments for healthcare in southeast Nigeria

Authors: Onwujekwe, Obinna E.

Place: [London]

Publisher: BioMed central

Year: 2010

Journal: BMC Health services research

Volume: vol. 10, no. 67

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Subject: Health and Poverty

Keywords: health economics, health care delivery, poverty, nigeria

Abstract: Out-of-pocket spending (OOPS) is the major payment strategy for healthcare in Nigeria. This study demonstrates the existence of socio-economic status (SES) inequities in use of OOPS to pay for healthcare services in urban, semi-urban and rural areas of southeast Nigeria.

URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1472-6963-10-67.pdf

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