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Health Policy and Planning, Vol 14, 174-181, Copyright © 1999 by Oxford University Press

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Private health care in Nigeria: walking the tightrope

I Ogunbekun, A Ogunbekun and N Orobaton
Mediplan Limited, Lagos, Nigeria; Dental Centre, General Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria; Basics Project, Ministry of Health, Asmara, Eritrea

The persistently low quality and inadequacy of health services provided in public facilities has made the private sector an unavoidable choice for consumers of health care in Nigeria. Ineffective state regulation, however, has meant little control over the clinical activities of private sector providers while the reform of medical services has, in recent years, grown faster than the average rate of inflation. Reforms that are targeted at reorganizing the private sector, with a view to enhancing efficiency in the supply of services, are urgently required if costs are to be contained and consumers assured of good value for money.
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