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Jacob Novignon

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Verified email at ug.edu.gh Centre for Social Policy Studies, University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
DepartmentCENTRE FOR SOCIAL POLICY STUDIES SECRETARIAT
Health economics
Publications

119

Citations

2,411

H-index

24

i10-index

49

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
20.3
Most cited paper
476
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 10:19
Publications

119 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
The impact of Ghana’s national health insurance exemption policies on healthcare-seeking behaviour
YB Atakorah, E Arthur, AK Osei-Fosu, J Novignon
2024 SSM-Health Systems 3, 100035, 2024 Health Sciences 8
Cost efficiency of primary health care facilities in Ghana: stochastic frontier analysis
K Arhin, EF Oteng-Abayie, J Novignon
2023 Discover Health Systems 2 (1), 31, 2023 Health Sciences 8
Cost of inappropriate prescriptions for uncomplicated malaria in Ghana
GC Aryeetey, J Nonvignon, K Malm, R Owusu, BS Baabu, NY Peprah, ...
2023 Malaria Journal 22 (1), 157, 2023 Health Sciences 8
Services availability and readiness assessment of adolescent sexual and reproductive health in primary healthcare facilities: evidence from selected districts in Ghana
MA Amenah, J Novignon, AP Fenny, IA Agyepong, T Ensor
2025 Reproductive health 22 (1), 14, 2025 Health Sciences 7
Impact of agricultural input subsidy on nutritional outcomes in Malawi
J Novignon, GC Chirwa, RB Frempong
2024 The Oxford Handbook of the Malawi Economy 1, 2024 Agriculture 7
Comparative analysis of SFA and DEA models: an application to health system efficiency in SSA
AO Lawanson, J Novignon
2017 Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Studies 5 (1), 2017 Health Sciences 7
Does health insurance mitigate the economic impact of negative health outcomes? Evidence from Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme
J Novignon, E Arthur, KG Tabiri, YB Atakorah, J Nonvignon
2024 Journal of Social and Economic Development 26 (2), 582-602, 2024 Social Sciences 6
Buruli-RifDACC: evaluation of the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of high-dose versus standard-dose rifampicin on outcomes in Mycobacterium ulcerans disease, a protocol for a …
YA Amoako, A Agbanyo, J Novignon, L Owusu, J Tuffour, A Asante-Poku, ...
2023 NIHR open research 2, 59, 2023 Health Sciences 5
Improving access to microcredit in Benin: are the poor and women benefiting?
GNA Djossou, DI Monwanou, J Novignon
2016 Humanities 5
The role of formal, informal, and family credit in the business performance of young entrepreneurs in Benin
DG Nadege, N Jacob, A Araar
2024 Review of Development Economics 28 (4), 1374-1391, 2024 Social Sciences 4
The dose-response association between LEAP 1000 and birthweight–no clear mechanisms: a structural equation modeling approach
S Quinones, S Lin, L Tian, P Mendola, J Novignon, C Adamba, T Palermo
2023 BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 23 (1), 364, 2023 Humanities 4
Access to credit and informal firm performance: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
KG Tabiri, E Arthur, J Novignon, PB Frimpong
2022 African Review of Economics and Finance 14 (1), 229-253, 2022 Social Sciences 4
Does Mobile Money Adoption and Credit Access Improve Enterprise Innovation and Performance in Sierra Leone?
GN Djossou, JF Sandy, J Novignon
2025 Review of Development Economics 29 (3), 1768-1779, 2025 Social Sciences 3
Health facility capacity and technical efficiency in the provision of adolescent sexual and reproductive health services in Niger
N Ibrahim, RB Da Silva, AI Agyepong, J Novignon, T Ensor
2025 BMC Public Health 25 (1), 3200, 2025 Health Sciences 3
Technical efficiency of primary health care facilities in providing adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health services in Ghana: A case study of selected districts in …
J Novignon, AP Fenny, MA Amenah, S Addom, A Gladzah, N Ibrahim, ...
2025 Plos one 20 (6), e0321265, 2025 Health Sciences 3
Public health expenditure and health outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa
J NOVIGNON
2015 Health Sciences 3
Inequalities, Exclusion, and Covid-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa
RB Frempong, J Novignon, D Stadelmann
2023 Covid-19 in Africa: Societal and Economic Implications, 129-156, 2023 Social Sciences 2
Health insurance and the economic impact of negative health outcomes in Ghana
J Novignon, E Arthur, J Nonvignon
2021 African Economic Research Consortium, 2021 Social Sciences 2
Expanding family planning services in Sierra Leone: A transformative, smart investment
J Novignon, GG Shogo, M Cummins
2026 Afr J Reprod Health 30 (7s), 73-82, 2026 Health Sciences 1
Investing more and better: The case for ending maternal deaths and meeting family planning needs in Ghana
J Novignon, W Ochan, E Naphambo, DB Gle, V Atanga
2026 Afr J Reprod Health 30 (7s), 52-61, 2026 Health Sciences 1
Level and determinants of district primary healthcare system technical efficiency in Ghana: two-stage stochastic frontier analysis
B Amboko, J Novignon, RNDK Muthuri, FM Bozzani, A Vassall, E Barasa
2026 BMJ global health 11 (2), e018847, 2026 Health Sciences 1
Does free secondary education mitigate the impact of teen births on educational outcomes? Evidence from Ghana
KG Tabiri, M Tahiru, YB Atakorah, J Novignon
2025 Social Sciences & Humanities Open 11, 101311, 2025 Social Sciences 1
Improving facility-level performance in primary healthcare system through strengthening management and financial resource utilization in Kano State, Nigeria
AA Abubakar, A Abba, O Fasawe, T Hussaini, N Umar, A Bukari, G Ugochi, ...
2025 SSM-Health Systems 5, 100080, 2025 Social Sciences 1
Does mobile money adoption and credit access improve innovation and performance of enterprises in Sierra Leone?
GN Djossou, J Novignon
2022 Humanities 1
Boosting youth entrepreneurship through informal credit in Benin
GNA Djossou, J Novignon, TB Atchade, A Abdelkrim
2020 Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP), 2020 Social Sciences 1