Inequities in Household Out-Of-Pocket Spending Among Urban Slum Dwellers in Southeast Nigeria

ObjectivesThis study examines the economic burden and inequities in out-of-pocket expenditures (OOPEs) to access healthcare in urban slums in Nigeria.MethodsThe cross-sectional study was undertaken in eight urban slums in Enugu and Anambra, Nigeria. Participants (n = 1,025) responded to questions on...

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Published in:	International Journal of Public Health
Main Authors:	Okechukwu Ozor, Chukwudi Nwokolo, Noemia Teixeira de Siqueira Filha, Aloysius Odii, Joseph Paul Hicks, Shushan Li, Uchenna Ezenwaka, Bryony Dawkins, Obinna Onwujekwe
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-03-01
Subjects:	ability to pay inequity Kakwani index out-of-pocket expenditure urban slum
Online Access:	https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2025.1607969/full