**7. Summary and conclusion**

This article has conceptualised key concepts from multi-disciplinary stance, explained the need for access to reliable healthcare financing, described access to reliable healthcare financing statistics, discussed various factors influencing reliable healthcare financing and put forward strategies for providing and accessing reliable healthcare financing. One vitally important policy goal in modern healthcare system is equity in access to reliable healthcare financing. Older people require healthcare services more frequently and intensely, but lack of access to reliable healthcare financing in Africa, especially among the vulnerable, poses a challenge. With increasing healthcare costs especially among elderly population in Africa, providing reliable healthcare financing and removing possible barriers to accessing it is crucial for healthy ageing.

*Factors Influencing Access to Reliable Healthcare Financing among Elderly Population in Africa DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.99578*
