Public Health Expenditure and Health Outcomes in Kenya
| dc.contributor.advisor | Korir, J.K. | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Wamama, Martin C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kyalo, Kevin Munywoki | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-03-07T09:16:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-03-07T09:16:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014-03-07 | |
| dc.description | Department of Economic Theory, 2013 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Government health spending remains a critical element of the social and economic development of any country. Internationally health outcomes have received a great attention; Millennium Development Goals has 3 of its 8 goals related to health issues, the Abuja Declaration in 200 I committed countries to increase health budget allocation to 15 percent of total government budget for provision of health services and improving health outcomes. Kenya total public health expenditure as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product has increased from 1.2 percent in 1980/81 to about 2.0 percent in 2010111 with health indicators in the same period not following the same trend. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship of public health expenditure and health outcomes in Kenya. The study was based on Grossman (1972) theoretical model that applies a vector of inputs in production of health status. Longitudinal research design was adopted and Ordinary Least Squares multiple regression technique applied using data for over the period of 1980-20 II. The research finding revealed that public health expenditure has a negative and signi ficant relationship with both Under-Five Mortality Rate and Infant Mortality Rate. Life Expectancy at Birth was found to have a positive relationship with public health expenditure. However primary gross enrolment ratio, child immunization for measles and the ratio of doctors to the population were found to improve health outcomes more than public health expenditure. The study recommends that based on the findings specific health programmes targeting specific health outcomes and infrastructure development should be encouraged for better health outcomes to be realized, | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Kenyatta University | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/9231 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.title | Public Health Expenditure and Health Outcomes in Kenya | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |