The National Health Insurance Scheme in Nigeria
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2011
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Department of Sociology, University of Ilorin, Ilorin
Abstract
The Nigerian government has formulated initiatives and plans to facilitate and strengthen the delivery of effective, efficient, quality and affordable health services to Nigerians part of which was the launching of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2005. In this paper, the objectives of the scheme vis-a-vis the overall contributions to health care delivery in Nigeria were examined. The inherent flaws, problems and challenges of the scheme are also discussed. The paper concludes that the NHIS could be a monumental health security project if vigorously pursued with sincerity of purpose. Certain suggestions that may have direct impact on the success of the scheme were recommended.
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Health, Health care, Health insurance scheme, democratization, development