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In the literature of spatial analysis of physical accessibility to rural health care facilities in Nigeria, it seems that growing attention has been given to health care which is a fundamental human right to every citizen to have access to health care services when needed, but cost of living is high, the road network is poor, and many people lack enough to afford expensive healthcare, apart from paying an extra for transport to a long distance health facility. The situation increases the tendency to delay or miss effective health care on a daily basis all over the country; especially in rural areas where infrastructural development is low. This paper seeks to provide a comprehensive literature on spatial analysis of physical accessibility to rural health care facilities in Nigeria so as to show the importance of adequate healthcare facilities in providing sustainable rural development.Healthy population and access to healthcare services are significant factors influencing economic development and prosperity. Thus, accessibility to healthcare facilities has generally been identified as a major indicator of development, and the existing spatial pattern of distribution of healthcare facilities play very prominent role in gauging the level of efficiency or otherwise of the existing level of provision of these facilities within any region. Health planners, over the years, have been focusing on financing healthcare with less consideration of the spatial physical accessibility to facilities. It is glaring that finance alone will not redeem the failing Nigerian health system. Therefore, healthcare planners and researchers must prioritize other dimensions of healthcare access such as spatial physical accessibility which they have ignored over the years |
