Eric Arthur

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• Doctor of Philosophy
• Senior Lecturer at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

This article examines the effect of health insurance ownership among expectant mothers on facility-based delivery, having controlled for a host of socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. Home deliveries often endanger the health of women, where complications are often referred to appropriate health facilities only when the condition has alre...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to estimate the key socio‐economic and demographic factors influencing the utilization of antenatal care services in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach – The paper utilizes the most recent Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS V) data. The dependent variable is the intensity of utilization (number) of ant...

Though fertility in Ghana has declined from an average of 8 children per woman over the past three decades to 4 per woman in recent times, the current rate of population growth is still unmatched by the requisite economic growth. Recent evidence suggests that the use of contraceptives have increased marginally despite the considerable decline in fe...

The study investigates the effect of wealth on the use of maternal health care services in Ghana; with a study of Antenatal care use (ANC). Antenatal care is used as it is the initial point of contact of expectant mothers to maternal health care providers. The study is pivoted on the introduction of the free maternal health policy in April 2005 in...

Countries all over the world are seeking to enhance the general well-being of their populations by instituting a prepayment health system in which people can access healthcare at any time without financial risks. In Ghana, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) seeks to achieve this objective while leaving no one behind. To accelerate the coun...

In many developing countries, financial risk protection for health is underdeveloped and negative health outcomes can be impoverishing. In this study, we sought to investigate the impact of negative health outcomes on household welfare and the role of public health insurance in mitigating this impact. We used data from the seventh round of the Ghan...

Background The Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme was introduced in 2003 to provide financial protection to the population. While the Scheme has made strides in improving access to healthcare there have been a few challenges including out of pocket charges to insured patients with weak client power. The study investigated the catastrophic natur...

This paper examines the role of seaport efficiency in the relationship between trade and welfare outcomes in Africa. Data on 28 African countries for the period 2006 to 2018 is employed while the system generalized method of moments estimation technique is used for the empirical analysis. The paper reveals that seaport efficiency and trade enhances...

Financing healthcare in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is characterized by high levels of out-of-pocket (OOP) payments for healthcare. This renders many individuals vulnerable to poverty and deviates from the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) goal of providing financial protection for healthcare. We examined the relative effects of public and external heal...

Background Child mortality and fertility are crucial in determining the growth of a country's population and have implications for public health and family planning interventions. An understanding of the effect of child mortality and education on fertility would be relevant to direct policies towards fertility reduction in Ghana. Objective The stu...

Ghana is a lower-middle-income economy that has made significant efforts to improve its health system, in order to achieve universal health coverage. Ghana has adopted strategic health purchasing as an important tool for efficient utilization of resources. This paper focuses on Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) analyzing its governanc...

Crude oil price volatility as an important driver of trade balance of economies has been widely documented in the literature. However, studies on the effect of oil price volatility on trade balance in sub‐Sahara Africa (SSA) are limited. In this paper, we explore the effect of crude oil price volatility on trade balance across 34 SSA countries usin...

The informal sector forms a significant proportion of the private sector of many developing economies. Despite challenges in the exact measurement of its size, the informal sector is noted for its role in employment creation as well as economic output in sub-Saharan Africa. However, access to formal credit is a major challenge for informal firms du...

The road to universal health coverage depends on resources committed to the health sector. In many cases, the political structure and strength of advocacy play an important role in setting budgets for health. However, this has, until recently, not been of interest to health system researchers and policymakers. In this study, we document the politic...

In many developing countries, financial risk protection for health is underdeveloped and negative health outcomes can be impoverishing. In this study, we sought to investigate the impact of negative health outcomes on household welfare and the role of public health insurance in mitigating this impact. We used Ghana’s public-funded National Health I...

Catastrophic healthcare expenditure (CHE) can plunge households into poverty. Faced with CHE, the question that becomes relevant is how long it will take the household to exit CHE. This paper examines the effect of the Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on exit time from CHE. The paper uses the Cox proportional hazard model for the analy...

High fertility rates can hamper economic growth and development. Access to contraception is a key strategic lever for development – to empower women and adolescents, increase investments in children and ultimately contribute to poverty reduction. The interventions analyzed here treat both adult women (married and unmarried), offering sensitization/...

This study provides a comparative investigation of the onset of the Demographic Dividend (DD) in Ghana, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. The paper examines the onset of the window of opportunity for harnessing the first DD in the three countries to inform relevant policy actions to reap its benefits. The study uses the National Transfer Accounts Approa...

Background: Significant efforts have been made in improving economic growth rates in sub-Saharan Africa. Economic growth, however, seems to be behind the desired rates, and also not inclusive. It is important to recognize the importance of health capital in achieving and sustaining the desired rates of growth in the region. This paper examines the...

This commentary draws on sub-Saharan African health researchers’ accounts of their countries’ responses to control the spread of COVID-19, including social and health impacts, home-grown solutions, and gaps in knowledge. Limited human and material resources for infection control and lack of understanding or appreciation by the government of the rea...

This commentary draws on sub-Saharan African health researchers’ accounts of their countries’ responses to control the spread of COVID-19, including social and health impacts, home-grown solutions, and gaps in knowledge. Limited human and material resources for infection control and lack of understanding or appreciation by the government of the rea...

Arthur (2019). Effect of household socioeconomic factors on child nutritional status In Ghana, Kenya and Zambia-AJHE 8(2): 1-13 http://doi. Abstract Background: The nutritional status of the child plays an important role in the growth and development of the child and affects the child's economic outcomes in adulthood. However, despite efforts by mo...

Objective: This study comparatively investigates the onset of the demographic dividend (DD) in Ghana, Sierra Leone and The Gambia. The paper attempts to examine the onset of DD in the three countries to inform relevant policy actions to reap its benefits. Methodology: The study uses the National Transfer Accounts Approach to examine the demographic...

Background Reproductive, maternal, neonatal and child health (RMNCH) remains an important public health objective. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), inadequate financial commitment continues to pose a major challenge to improving RMNCH outcomes. Understanding financing gains and potential fiscal space for RMNCH can therefore not be overemphasized. Obje...

The health of the child is an important factor for proper childhood development. Unfortunately, efforts to improve child health in many countries have not yielded the desired results as many children do not receive appropriate health care, hence contributing to high child mortality and morbidity from avoidable causes. To address this problem, it is...

The study examines the effect of health expenditure on health outcomes in sub-Sahara African (SSA) countries. These countries have made significant efforts in increasing health expenditure over the years, with the aim of improving health outcomes. Despite this, health outcomes have only responded marginally, raising concerns on the significance of...

Early initiation of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding practices have been argued to be one of the important ways of ensuring child health. Unfortunately, owing to modernization, most nursing mothers fail to adhere to such practices. This is believed to be a factor contributory to poor child health in Ghana. Thus, this study investigated the...

Sub-Saharan African countries face significant health challenges, with several countries still far from reaching the health-related targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The implication of this on economic growth and individual welfare is daunting. An important channel through which population health affects economic performance is la...

Sub-Saharan African countries face significant health challenges, with several countries still far from reaching the health-related targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The implication of this on economic growth and individual welfare is daunting. An important channel through which population health affects economic performance is la...

The study investigated the effect of household socioeconomic factors on the choice of treatment for childhood fever among children under age five in Ghana. Data from the 2008 Ghana Demographic and Health survey was used employing the multinomial probit model. Three treatment choices were considered: Government facility, Private facility and traditi...

This article examines the effect of health insurance ownership among expectant mothers on facility-based delivery, having controlled for a host of socio-economic and demographic characteristics. Home deliveries often endanger the health of women, where complications are often referred to appropriate health facilities only when the condition has alr...

The study analyses the demand for private higher education in Ghana using the Akuapem Campus of the Presbyterian university College, Ghana as a case study. Relying on a sample size of 140 students we found in the study that students decision to enroll in a higher educational institution is influenced by factors like the prospect of a higher income,...