Aligning public financial management system and free healthcare policies: lessons from a free maternal and child healthcare programme in Nigeria

Daniel Chukwuemeka Ogbuabor () and Obinna Emmanuel Onwujekwe ()
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Daniel Chukwuemeka Ogbuabor: University of Nigeria Enugu Campus (UNEC)
Obinna Emmanuel Onwujekwe: University of Nigeria Enugu Campus

Health Economics Review, 2019, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Abstract Background Relatively little is known about how public financial management (PFM) systems and health financing policies align in low- and middle-income countries. This study assessed the alignment of PFM systems with health financing functions in the free maternal and child healthcare programme (FMCHP) of Enugu State, Nigeria. Methods Data were collected through quantitative and qualitative document review, and semi-structured, in-depth interview with 16 purposively selected policymakers involved in FMCHP. Data collection and analysis were by guided a framework for assessing alignment of PFM systems and health financing policies. Revenue and expenditure trend analyses were done using descriptive statistics and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Level of significance was set at ρ

Keywords: Public financial management; Free healthcare; Policy implementation; Nigeria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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