A time series analysis of government expenditure and health outcomes in Nigeria.

Background: Despite a significant share of Nigeria's budget in the health sector, the health status has not improved, as reflected by poor health indicators.

Objective: This study investigates the linkages between government expenditure and health outcomes in Nigeria.

Methods: The Autoregressive Distributed Lag technique was used to examine the short- and long-run effects of government health expenditure on health outcomes separately.