Effect of Access to Health Services on Poverty in Ethiopia
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2022-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The importance of good health cannot be under estimated. However, presence of high poverty rate can lead to lack of health care service and vice versa, thus ,poverty reduction and improvement of health care access are important in ensuring enjoyment of good health . Despite Ethiopian commitment to reduce poverty and improve health status of her citizen, poverty remained high over 22 million people are living below national poverty line. Ethiopian health indicators have also not been impressive. Infant mortality rate for instance 29.5 death per 1,000 live birth, maternal mortality rate remained high at 401 death per 100,000 live birth. This poor performance in the health indicates that the country need to address the health challenge otherwise it will miss on the developmental goal by 2030 .this study , therefor , was too investigate the relationship between access to health care and poverty in Ethiopian . The study employed non-experimental pooled cross-sectional research design. The study used Ethiopian demographic and health survey (EDHS) data collected 2005, 2011 and 2016. To achieve the main objective , the study used simultaneous regression model, the specific objective was addressed usingdescriptive analysis method .study finding showed that there was relationship between access to health care service and poverty ,increase in the access to health care service , which implies reduction in poverty , due to increased wealth , individual are able to afford health care and hence they easily access health service more and motivate individual to seek health care service from provider who give quality service lead to improved health status and make productive. Thus although Ethiopia missed some health related development Goal , if access to health service is addressed, the country can do better in its efforts to achieving the sustainable development goal and the country’s development plan ,Ethiopian vision 2030 .
KEYWORDS; Access to Health Service, Poverty, Simultaneous Equation Model