title: Funds squeezed and stretched: the predicament of health care.
abstract: Funding for health in Ogun State, Nigeria is reviewed in relation to the health-for-all targets. The author examines the ways in which money is spent, with particular reference to the impact of wages, salaries and allowances on budgeting in a manpower-intensive sector.
authors.affiliation: University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria.
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Adewunmi
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000639:trends; D003906:Developing Countries; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000191:economics; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000639:trends*; D005102:Health Expenditures / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D009549:Nigeria; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics*