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Poverty and access to healthcare in rural Nigeria: A control function approach

Access to quality healthcare remains a significant barrier among households in rural Nigeria with poverty often cited as the major cause of this barrier. Although extensive studies have been conducted establishing the link between poverty and healthcare, evidence on how poverty affects multiple dimensions of access remains limited. This study contributes to the scarce empirical literature determining the causal impact of poverty on multidimensional healthcare access. Using survey data collected from 624 rural households in Nigeria between May and October 2022, a control function (CF) strategy …