Productivity of Health Workers in Primary Healthcare Facilities in Nigeria: Why is the Average Caseload Estimated to be Low?

Yanfang Su, Daniel H. Kress and Hong Wang

Chapter 10 in Tracking Resources for Primary Health Care:A Framework and Practices in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, 2020, pp 255-269 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: This chapter adds to the growing literature around primary health care (PHC) productivity by first quantifying the current caseloads of consulting health workers in Nigeria, then quantifying the associations between contextual factors and caseloads in Nigerian facilities, and lastly concluding with recommendations for optimizing worker productivity within the country. We explore resource productivity, including (a) how productive is PHC, measured by caseload, (b) what health workers are observed to do with their productive time, (c) how patient demand influences caseload, and (d) what are the modifiable factors that are correlated with caseload.

Keywords: Health Financing; Public Financial Management; Resource Tracking; Health Economics; Health Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I14 I15 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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