A distributional analysis of healthcare financing in a developing country : a Nigerian case study applying a decomposable Gini index

Doctoral Thesis

2005

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Authors
Ichoku, Hyacinth Ementa
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Thiede, Michael
Leibbrandt, Murray
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University of Cape Town

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Health Economics Unit
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Faculty of Health Sciences
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Abstract
The policy motivation for this research is primarily to investigate how in the direct absence of significant third-party financing mechanisms and government subsidies, direct purchase of healthcare affects the relative abilities of households to meet their other financial obligations after paying for the cost of health services. In other words, this study aims to analyze the redistributive effect of the direct healthcare financing in Nigeria.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves 253-282).

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Health Economics

Reference:

Ichoku, H. 2005. A distributional analysis of healthcare financing in a developing country : a Nigerian case study applying a decomposable Gini index. University of Cape Town.

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