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Adoption of Mobile Money for Healthcare Utilization and Spending in Rural Ghana

In: Moving from the Millennium to the Sustainable Development Goals

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  • Chei Bukari

    (University of Cape Coast)

  • Isaac Koomson

    (University of New England
    Network for Socioeconomic Research and Advancement (NESRA))

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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  • Chei Bukari & Isaac Koomson, 2020. "Adoption of Mobile Money for Healthcare Utilization and Spending in Rural Ghana," Springer Books, in: Sefa Awaworyi Churchill (ed.), Moving from the Millennium to the Sustainable Development Goals, chapter 3, pages 37-60, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-15-1556-9_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-1556-9_3
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    1. Issa Dianda & Idrissa Ouedraogo & Hamidou Sawadogo, 2024. "Inclusive human development effect of financial inclusion in sub‐Saharan Africa: A gender perspective," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 36(3), pages 1896-1917, April.
    2. Yin, Zhichao & Wang, Rui & Wu, Xi, 2023. "Financial inclusion, natural disasters and energy poverty: Evidence from China," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 126(C).
    3. Yasmeen, Rizwana & Huang, Haiping & Shah, Wasi Ul Hassan, 2024. "Assessing the significance of FinTech and mineral resource depletion in combating energy poverty: Empirical insights from BRICS economies," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).

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