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Title The impact of family and budget structure on health treatment in Nigeria
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/1885/41190
Date 1991
Author(s) Orubuloye, I.O.; Caldwell, John C.; Caldwell, Pat; Bledsoe, Caroline H.
Abstract Health-treatment decisions, in much of the world, are affected by the family's ability to meet the cost. In West Africa the situation is more complex because husbands and wives typically have separate budgets. This article reports an exploration of the impact on treatment of divided family budgets in Nigeria where health services now charge for prescribed drugs. It was found that most child treatment is paid for by one person only, usually a parent, and that the treatment chosen is decided by the person meeting the cost. Mothers are most likely to pay for minor illnesses but the father's role becomes more important as the cost rises. Because the type, and even fact, of treatment depends on the ability to pay, and because the family is not a unity in these decisions, the health system may have to devise charging procedures that make both parents responsible, possibly with community involvement in securing payment. - yes
Subject(s) Nigeria; health treatment; budget structure; husbands; wives; divided family budgets; charging procedures; payment; mdcn-hlth; mdcn-pblc
Language en_AU
Publisher Health Transition Centre, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University
Type of publication pjournal
Format 71233 bytes; application/pdf
Rights yes
Identifier oct; 2; 189-209; Health Transition Review; 1; 1991; 266
Repository Canberra - Australian National University
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