Problems and prospects of financing health care delivery in nigeria

Thesis 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>