Bukari, C orcid.org/0000-0002-3872-4050 and Koomson, I (2020) Adoption of Mobile Money for Healthcare Utilization and Spending in Rural Ghana. In: Awaworyi Churchill, S, (ed.) Moving from the Millennium to the Sustainable Development Goals: Lessons and Recommendations. Palgrave Macmillan , pp. 37-60. ISBN 9789811515552
Abstract
In this chapter, the authors discuss the potential link between mobile money adoption and health outcomes, which has not received much attention in the existing literature. They empirically examine the effects of mobile money adoption on healthcare utilization and spending of rural households in Ghana. Using data from the Ghana Living Standards Survey, the authors show that mobile money adoption enhances rural households’ healthcare utilization, a finding which is more pronounced in the case of female-headed households. The authors demonstrate that this finding is due to the positive association between mobile money use and the ability of rural households to spend on healthcare.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Keywords: | Mobile money; Healthcare utilization; Healthcare expenditure; Rural; Ghana |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Oct 2022 16:29 |
Last Modified: | 20 Oct 2022 16:29 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/978-981-15-1556-9_3 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:192311 |