{"id":6519,"date":"2025-06-24T23:31:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T23:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T04:15:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T04:15:02","slug":"supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja\/","title":{"rendered":"SUPPLIER-INDUCED DEMAND AND HEALTHCARE IN LOKOJA"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article was originally published as: SUPPLIER-INDUCED DEMAND AND HEALTHCARE IN LOKOJA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Original Article Link: Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n

Download PDF: Click Here to Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

Abstract<\/h2>\n

This study investigates the existence of supplier-induced demand for healthcare in Nigeria\u2019s healthcare system where private healthcare provision and fee-for-service mode of payment are order of the day. Using primary data sourced from 379 respondents, the study estimates Linear Probability Model (LPM), to establish the relationship between supplier inducement and demand for healthcare. Findings from the study revealed that there is no statistically significant evidence to suggest the existence of supplier-induced demand for healthcare among the privately-owned hospitals in Lokoja. However, the study finds education and enrolment in health insurance to be negatively and statistically significantly correlated with supplier inducement. Having high education and enrolment in the health insurance scheme curtail the probability of receiving dubious care. Therefore, this research recommends, among others, that the government should make high education more accessible to the citizens by way of subsidizing tuition fees charged by universities, and providing soft education loans to eligible citizens. It recommends further that governments at all levels should provide health insurance for all.<\/p>\n

Authors<\/h2>\n
    \n
  • Rabi\u2019u Isah Moh\u2019d (Federal University Lokoja)<\/li>\n
  • Mathew Ekundayo Rotimi (Federal University Lokoja)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Keywords<\/h2>\n

    Supplier-induced-demand, Healthcare, Linear Probability Model, Lokoja<\/p>\n

    References<\/h2>\n

    References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This article was originally published as: SUPPLIER-INDUCED DEMAND AND HEALTHCARE IN LOKOJA Original Article Link: Read Original Article Download PDF:…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[410,3772,3773,3771],"class_list":["post-6519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-healthcare","tag-linear-probability-model","tag-lokoja","tag-supplier-induced-demand","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"\nSUPPLIER-INDUCED DEMAND AND HEALTHCARE IN LOKOJA - IJSSASS Repository<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SUPPLIER-INDUCED DEMAND AND HEALTHCARE IN LOKOJA - IJSSASS Repository\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This article was originally published as: SUPPLIER-INDUCED DEMAND AND HEALTHCARE IN LOKOJA Original Article Link: Read Original Article Download PDF:...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IJSSASS Repository\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ijssass\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-24T23:31:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-25T04:15:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/c-users-user-desktop-logo-pnglogo-2.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"195\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#\/schema\/person\/adf9bae5731958270e2140cfc1af3771\"},\"headline\":\"SUPPLIER-INDUCED DEMAND AND HEALTHCARE IN LOKOJA\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-24T23:31:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-25T04:15:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja\/\"},\"wordCount\":227,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"Healthcare\",\"Linear Probability Model\",\"Lokoja\",\"Supplier-induced-demand\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Articles\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja\/\",\"name\":\"SUPPLIER-INDUCED DEMAND AND HEALTHCARE IN LOKOJA - IJSSASS Repository\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-24T23:31:41+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-25T04:15:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"SUPPLIER-INDUCED DEMAND AND HEALTHCARE IN LOKOJA\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/\",\"name\":\"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES\",\"description\":\"Open Access Library\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"IJSSASS\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#organization\",\"name\":\"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES\",\"alternateName\":\"IJSSASS\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/c-users-user-desktop-logo-pnglogo-3.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/c-users-user-desktop-logo-pnglogo-3.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":195,\"caption\":\"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ijssass\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#\/schema\/person\/adf9bae5731958270e2140cfc1af3771\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e2404e10f252fd74bce698fdfc0296b3cfb701b99d14951364bf9586aaa0c4a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e2404e10f252fd74bce698fdfc0296b3cfb701b99d14951364bf9586aaa0c4a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SUPPLIER-INDUCED DEMAND AND HEALTHCARE IN LOKOJA - IJSSASS Repository","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"SUPPLIER-INDUCED DEMAND AND HEALTHCARE IN LOKOJA - IJSSASS Repository","og_description":"This article was originally published as: SUPPLIER-INDUCED DEMAND AND HEALTHCARE IN LOKOJA Original Article Link: Read Original Article Download PDF:...","og_url":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja\/","og_site_name":"IJSSASS Repository","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ijssass","article_published_time":"2025-06-24T23:31:41+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-06-25T04:15:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":300,"height":195,"url":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/c-users-user-desktop-logo-pnglogo-2.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#\/schema\/person\/adf9bae5731958270e2140cfc1af3771"},"headline":"SUPPLIER-INDUCED DEMAND AND HEALTHCARE IN LOKOJA","datePublished":"2025-06-24T23:31:41+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-25T04:15:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja\/"},"wordCount":227,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#organization"},"keywords":["Healthcare","Linear Probability Model","Lokoja","Supplier-induced-demand"],"articleSection":["Articles"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja\/","url":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja\/","name":"SUPPLIER-INDUCED DEMAND AND HEALTHCARE IN LOKOJA - IJSSASS Repository","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-06-24T23:31:41+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-25T04:15:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/supplier-induced-demand-and-healthcare-in-lokoja\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"SUPPLIER-INDUCED DEMAND AND HEALTHCARE IN LOKOJA"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/","name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES","description":"Open Access Library","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#organization"},"alternateName":"IJSSASS","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#organization","name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES","alternateName":"IJSSASS","url":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/c-users-user-desktop-logo-pnglogo-3.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/c-users-user-desktop-logo-pnglogo-3.png","width":300,"height":195,"caption":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND SCIENTIFIC STUDIES"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ijssass"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#\/schema\/person\/adf9bae5731958270e2140cfc1af3771","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e2404e10f252fd74bce698fdfc0296b3cfb701b99d14951364bf9586aaa0c4a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e2404e10f252fd74bce698fdfc0296b3cfb701b99d14951364bf9586aaa0c4a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal"],"url":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6519"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6622,"href":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6519\/revisions\/6622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}