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VOL. 12, ISSUE 10 (2025)
Healthcare financing: A trend analysis of Liberia's health system
Authors
Dr. Philip D Davis
Abstract
Identifying the financing of health care
services in Liberia has a distinct set of differences in health outcomes ever
since the adoption of changes in the health system in the 1980s. This paper
studied the changing patterns and expenditures of Liberia and projected future
spending. The data was retrieved from the government expenditures for the
fiscal periods 2000 to 2024. Multiple regression and trend analysis determined
relationships between variables and trends over time. Major spending imbalance
with significant disparities in the government health budget, concentrated on
curative services (58.7%) and a much smaller preventive service (4.4%). Driver
spending is explained by 93% variability in health spending, which denotes a
spending pattern strongly influenced by poor performance on key health
indicators, especially slow progress in life expectancy at birth and
uncontrolled maternal and child health mortality. The trend analysis forecasts,
at 95 percent seasonally adjusted confidence, that the set of 10-year per
capita spending increases will reach $146.76 in 2036, with the upper and lower
boundaries set at $181.90 and $111.70. The projected increase in health
spending necessitates a health system that is ready to absorb and utilize funds
effectively, resulting in reallocating future spending growth towards
preventive and primary healthcare.
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Pages:142-147
How to cite this article:
Dr. Philip D Davis "Healthcare financing: A trend analysis of Liberia's health system". International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, Vol 12, Issue 10, 2025, Pages 142-147
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