Abstract:

Health financing is a major pillar in the delivery system. Health care services are financed by governments and non-governmental organizations, all for the ultimate objective of ensuring the delivery of care. Health facilities have the onus to create the enabling environment to ensure that care is in continuum and at least efforts are made at the provision of quality care. The financial healthiness of hospitals certainly affects medical outcomes since it takes money to render every service in the healthcare industry. This study worked on the assumption that financial health affects medical outcomes, and the data has proven to be true that there was a positive/significant correlation (p<0.0001*) of the topic.
Keywords: Clinical Indicators, Financial Health, Health Financing, Hospitals, Healthcare, Medical Outcomes.

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