Health care financing and expenditure in Malawi : do efficiency and equity matter?

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dc.contributor.advisorMcIntyre, Dien_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMwase, Takondwa Luciousen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-16T19:57:06Z
dc.date.available2014-11-16T19:57:06Z
dc.date.issued1998en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 113-118.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe Malawian sector spent about 3.3% of its GNP on health services in 1995/96. The public sector alone spent about 6.2% of its total revenue on health services and this is much high than most other Sub- Saharan African countries (e.g. Zambia, Kenya, Uganda). Despite such high levels of public expenditure, Malawi’s social and health indicators are among the worst in the world. The majority of the Malawian population suffer from a large amount of preventable illness and premature death which could be treated/prevented by simple inexpensive medical interventions. This scenario raises questions with regard to the government stated priority to primary health care and preventive health services. This investigation therefore was undertaken in order to quantify the total health care expenditure in Malawi and its distribution and then evaluate its equity and efficiency implications for the delivery of health services. The analyses focused on the public health sector due to the fact that the public health sector is the largest provider of health services in Malawi and its services are fiee of charge. It was therefore felt that a detailed analysis and evaluation of this sector could go a long way in improving the health status of the majority of Malawians within the resource envelope.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMwase, T. L. (1998). <i>Health care financing and expenditure in Malawi : do efficiency and equity matter?</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Health Economics Unit. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9677en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMwase, Takondwa Lucious. <i>"Health care financing and expenditure in Malawi : do efficiency and equity matter?."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Health Economics Unit, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9677en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMwase, T. 1998. Health care financing and expenditure in Malawi : do efficiency and equity matter?. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Mwase, Takondwa Lucious AB - The Malawian sector spent about 3.3% of its GNP on health services in 1995/96. The public sector alone spent about 6.2% of its total revenue on health services and this is much high than most other Sub- Saharan African countries (e.g. Zambia, Kenya, Uganda). Despite such high levels of public expenditure, Malawi’s social and health indicators are among the worst in the world. The majority of the Malawian population suffer from a large amount of preventable illness and premature death which could be treated/prevented by simple inexpensive medical interventions. This scenario raises questions with regard to the government stated priority to primary health care and preventive health services. This investigation therefore was undertaken in order to quantify the total health care expenditure in Malawi and its distribution and then evaluate its equity and efficiency implications for the delivery of health services. The analyses focused on the public health sector due to the fact that the public health sector is the largest provider of health services in Malawi and its services are fiee of charge. It was therefore felt that a detailed analysis and evaluation of this sector could go a long way in improving the health status of the majority of Malawians within the resource envelope. DA - 1998 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1998 T1 - Health care financing and expenditure in Malawi : do efficiency and equity matter? TI - Health care financing and expenditure in Malawi : do efficiency and equity matter? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9677 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9677
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMwase TL. Health care financing and expenditure in Malawi : do efficiency and equity matter?. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Health Economics Unit, 1998 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9677en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentHealth Economics Uniten_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherHealth Economicsen_ZA
dc.titleHealth care financing and expenditure in Malawi : do efficiency and equity matter?en_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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