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Loubser, Petrus Abel. "The future and sustainability of private medical care in South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/21186.

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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2007.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study provides an overview of the medical aid industry in South Africa and highlights the impact of the formation of the Council for Medical Schemes through the implementation of the Medical Schemes Act of 1998. The regulatory framework that governs the medical aids in South Africa is analysed. In this study. different medical aid funds are compared in terms of administration costs, required solvency levels and membership numbers relative to the acceptable industry averages. The main cost drivers of medical aid funds

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Coetzee, Francois. "A survey of wound care knowledge in South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97230.

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Abstract Chronic wounds afflict millions worldwide, incurring significant health care costs and chronic suffering. Clinicians are often unsure about treatment, resulting in poor outcomes. Objective To determine the scope of knowledge possessed by fifth year medical students, general practitioners (GP’s) and surgical registrars, concerning chronic wound management. Design Cross sectional study Methods Deans of eight South African medical schools received letters requesting information regarding time devoted to wound-care training. Knowledge-based questionnaires were distributed to fin

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Dalmeyer, Johannes Paulus Franciscus. "A business model for medical subspecialty training in South Africa." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/3508.

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The shortage of healthcare workers and doctors in the developing world compared to the developed world is a problem, and will continue to be so, due to the continual migration of qualified professionals and the inability of the state to remedy these shortfalls. A shortage of healthcare workers and specialist doctors will seriously hamper the Government’s National Health Insurance (NHI) plan, as well as the sustainability of the private health care sector. In addition, the duration of medical training in South Africa is exceptionally long. The three major hospital groups and other private corpo

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Mostert-Phipps, Nicolette. "Health information technologies for improved continuity of care: a South African perspective." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1619.

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The fragmented nature of modern health care provision makes it increasingly difficult to achieve continuity of care. This is equally true in the context of the South African healthcare landscape. This results in a strong emphasis on the informational dimension of continuity of care which highlights the importance of the continuity of medical records. Paper-based methods of record keeping are inadequate to support informational continuity of care which leads to an increased interest in electronic methods of record keeping through the adoption of various Health Information Technologies (HITs). T

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Valentine, Nicole Britt. "An evaluation of expenditure in the private health care sector and its reporting in the national accounts of South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17539.

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Bibliography: pages 94-102.<br>There is currently much work underway internationally to improve the accuracy and to refine the detail of accounting for health care expenditures. This research was initiated by the increasing activity in the field of national health accounting, as well as by previous research indicating that the Reserve Bank might be underestimating private health care expenditure in the national accounts. The Reserve Bank estimate of health care expenditure is important as it is the only complete and regularly produced estimate of private sector health care expenditure for Sout

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Morgan, Heather. "Dentistry : a new era : the change toward oral wellness, evidence based care and managed care at the turn of the century, with recommendations for dentistry." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51673.

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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This report provides a broad overview of the health industry, and the dental industry in particular, identifying trends and searching for possible solutions to problems posed by these trends. It attempts to offer perspectives of importance to all the stakeholders in health care - the patients, the providers of care and third party payers. The current focus of healthcare industry is not actually the health of the patient. Practitioners (the providers) focus too much on treatment, while insurance companies and governments (

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Vambe, Adelaide K. "An examination of health care financing models : lessons for South Africa." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020036.

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South Africa possesses a highly fragmented health system with wide disparities in health spending and inequitable distribution of both health care professionals and resources. The national health system (NHI) of South Africa consists of a large public sector and small private sectors which are overused and under resourced and a smaller private sector which is underused and over resourced. In broad terms, the NHI promises a health care system in which everyone, regardless of income level, can access decent health services at a cost that is affordable to them and to the country as a whole. The r

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Coetzee, Francois. "A survey of wound care knowledge in South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20438.

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Thesis (MMed) -- Stellenbosch University, 2010.<br>Bibliography<br>Chronic wounds afflict millions worldwide, incurring significant health care costs and chronic suffering. Clinicians are often unsure about treatment, resulting in poor outcomes. Objective To determine the scope of knowledge possessed by fifth year medical students, general practitioners (GP’s) and surgical registrars, concerning chronic wound management. Design Cross sectional study Methods Deans of eight South African medical schools received letters requesting information regarding time devoted to wound-care trainin

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Tran, Duong T. "Queensland Health multicultural and language services policy statements and public oral health care for Vietnamese community in the Brisbane South Health Region /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2006. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19497.pdf.

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Vambe, Adelaide Kudakwashe. "An examination of health care financing models : lessons for South Africa." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1021110.

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South Africa possesses a highly fragmented health system with wide disparities in health spending and inequitable distribution of both health care professionals and resources. The national health system (NHI) of South Africa consists of a large public sector and small private sectors which are overused and under resourced and a smaller private sector which is underused and over resourced. In broad terms, the NHI promises a health care system in which everyone, regardless of income level, can access decent health services at a cost that is affordable to them and to the country as a whole. The r

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Mahlati, Malixole Percival. "The medical profession in a transforming South Africa society : ideals, values and role." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51996.

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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.<br>Some digitised pages may appear illegible due to the condition of the original hard copy.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Medicine in our country is under severe stress, brought about by internal and external forces that need a response from the medical profession. The profession's attempts and response will fall short unless the profession itself is aligned with the new social ethos and the responses are based on the profession's inherent values. Problem Statement: Medical doctors have always been highly valued in society because of the duty they ha

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Conradie, Nathan John. "A comparison of critical care transportation modules taught in bachelor's degrees in emergency medical care in South Africa." Master's thesis, Faculty of Health Sciences, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32212.

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The aim of this literature review was to collect and appraise literature related to curricula in critical care transportation and retrieval, pre-hospital care, and aeromedical transportation. The search strategy was twofold. Firstly peer-reviewed published literature was sourced from established platforms. Secondly, grey literature was sourced from internet sources. An assessment of reliability and validity was performed on peer-reviewed literature in the appraisal process. The results of the literature review show that there is a paucity of literature describing critical care modules of pre-h

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Stoyanov, Joan Ellen. "South African medical practitioners’ experiences of the current health-care delivery system." Thesis, University of Zululand, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/1087.

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A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts in Clinical Psychology at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2011.<br>South Africa is at a critical point in the debate about the future of health-care in the occupation-specific dispensation (OSD). It also faces the exodus of valuable human resources that was perceived as greener pastures, as medical practitioners become increasingly dissatisfied with governmental policy, wage negotiations, work-place disillusionment, lack of service delivery, expressions of corruptions, and lack of resources

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Van, Heerden Judith. "Prison health care in South Africa: a study of prison conditions, health care and medical accountability for the care of prisoners." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20890.

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This quantitative and qualitative study investigates the type and quality of health care and conditions of imprisonment that prevailed in some South African prisons in the late 1980s. It was inspired by political activists who were incarcerated, yet despite, or because of, the harsh conditions in prison persisted with their struggle for human rights. Appeals for the improvement of prison conditions which they submitted to the authorities are unique primary source documents. By implication, this survey adds value to their cause, for several issues examined in it had already been raised while th

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Mpuntsha, Loyiso F. "Continuing professional development in medicine : the inherent values of the system for quality assurance in health care." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52173.

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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2001.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The practice of medicine has always been a big area of interest as a profession. The focus ranges depending on issues at hand - it may be on the educational, training, humanistic, economic, professional ethics and legal aspects. One area of medicine that is under the spotlight around the world is that of the maintenance of clinical competency, followed very closely and almost linked to professional ethics. This study follows the introduction of a system of Continuing Professional Development (hereinafter also referred

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Mills, Elizabeth Anne. "Embodied precarity : the biopolitics of AIDS biomedicine in South Africa." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2014. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/48911/.

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This thesis centres on the lives of women who live in Khayelitsha and who receive AIDS biomedicines through South Africa's public health system. It is tiered across five ethnographic chapters to elucidate a single overarching argument: biopolitical precarity is networked into the permeable body. This argument is based on ethnographic research and seeks to challenge the discursive construction of distance that divorces women's lives and bodies from the governance of AIDS biomedicines as life-giving technologies. The multi-sited ethnography underpinning this thesis was configured to follow the

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Brink, F. J. "The development of a financial plan to partly cover the cost of frail care in a retirement village in George." Thesis, Port Elizabeth Technikon, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/84.

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The world population is ageing, and this is also relevant to South Africa. At the same time the potential support ratio (the number of persons aged 15 to 64 years per one older person aged 65 years or older) is falling, and the dependency burden on potential workers increases. To alleviate the financial burden on the aged, and their families, it has become necessary to develop a financial plan to cover the cost of frail care. The overall purpose of this research is to determine whether any financial plans exist which are relevant. If nothing existed, a plan had to be developed. The research me

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Galo, Luntu. "A case study describing factors perceived to be impacting staff satisfaction amongst health care professionals at the East London Hospital complex." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003905.

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This thesis was born from a concern the researcher had with regard to negative reports in the media emanating from 4 babies that died at Cecilia Makiwane Hospital Peadiatric ICU unit due to power supply failure. The most significant of these negative reports was in 2007 when the Daily Dispatch ran a series of articles regarding what they termed avoidable deaths over the last 14 years. The ease with which staff communicated with the media together with the high absenteeism rate and high turnover was a cause for concern. When the researcher analysed the history of the problem, it immerged from t

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Germishuizen, Juanita. "Does the private health care sector display oligopolistic characteristics in South Africa?" Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/996.

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Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the field of Economics, the term “competition” refers to the method involved in steering an increase in supply, which leads to a decrease in equilibrium price and an increase in equilibrium quantity. However, competition involves more than just an increase in supply. In any economy, competition can affect factors, such as innovation, efficiency and the accessibility to goods and services. In some cases, the effect might not be positive, if the goods and services only benefit certain parties involved,

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Philip, Ajith John. "An assessment of equity in geographical allocation of resources relative to need, in public primary healthcare services in the Northern Cape in South Africa." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2004. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&amp.

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<p>This study aimed to contribute to the current debate around equity in health care resource allocation by measuring the current allocation of resources, relative to need in the Northern Cape. It also discussed the level of inequities in health financing/expenditure and staffing at the primary health care level between different districts of the Northern Cape.</p>

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Mbengo, Nomatshawe. "Communication at the health care coalface: lessons from selected clinics in Port Elizabeth." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002166.

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This thesis analyses the state of health care in South Africa with particular reference to a clinic and the Provincial Hospital in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. The complexities of health care provision in a diverse sociolinguistic environment where certain languages are emphasized over others, forms the cornerstone of the research. The research focuses on health care in a complex multi-cultural environment. The goal of the research is to present a coherent and robust translation framework for the development of suitable materials to enhance communication across language and cultural barriers

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Molepo, Edward R. "The effectiveness of the referral system in primary health care in the West Rand region : a normative-ethical study with special emphasis on traditional healers." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51964.

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Thesis (M.Phil.)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this research is to identify the various levels of health care units, their relationships and the problems hindering an effective referral system. To achieve this goal, use is made of a case study of the West Rand area in Gauteng. The standpoint is that, to achieve Primary Health for all South Africans referral systems within health care units and levels must be reciprocal. It is argued that for Primary Health Care to be successful, it must satisfy the goal of affordability appropriateness and accessibility.

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Maseti, Ophola S. "A model for role-based security education, training and awareness in the South African healthcare environment." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/724.

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It is generally accepted that a business operates more efficiently when it is able to consolidate information from a variety of sources. This principle applies as much in the healthcare environment. Although limited in the South African context, the use of electronic systems to access information is advancing rapidly. Many aspects have to be considered in regards to such a high availability of information, for example, training people how to access and protect information, motivating them to use the systems and information extensively and effectively, ensuring adequate levels of security, conf

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Hepburn, Mary Patricia. "An exploration of environmental understanding among primary health care providers in an Eastern Cape community." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003415.

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This study explores environmental understanding among the health care practitioners serving a rural community in the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. During the preliminary phases of the research, the decision was made to adopt a participatory approach to the inquiry as far as was possible. Semi-structured interviews, participant observation and focus group discussions were the techniques chosen to focus the participants' thinking about: the meaning of environment, environmental issues and problems which impact on health, and, environmental education in practice. Comparisons between the

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Mgudlwa, Sibulela. "A big data analytics framework to improve healthcare service delivery in South Africa." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2877.

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Thesis (MTech (Information Technology))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2018.<br>Healthcare facilities in South Africa accumulate big data, daily. However, this data is not being utilised to its full potential. The healthcare sector still uses traditional methods to store, process, and analyse data. Currently, there are no big data analytics tools being used in the South African healthcare environment. This study was conducted to establish what factors hinder the effective use of big data in the South African healthcare environment. To fulfil the objectives of this research, qualita

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Tsoabisi, Sello. "Investigating the extent and efficiency of community participation in primary health care in Khayelitsha, Cape Town." Thesis, Cape Technikon, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1669.

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Thesis (MTech (Public management))--Cape Technikon, Cape Town, 2004<br>The evolution of the South African health system has been characterised by inequities, imbalances as well as fragmentation. The unification of South Africa in 1910 did not consolidate public health administration, which was characterised by increasing institutionalisation, professionalism and organisation. This was the status-quo up until after 1990, whereby there were marked efforts and endeavours to effect defragmentation. In the context of the dramatic political changes that the country has seen over recent years, many a

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Kama, Zukiswa Shirley. "An evaluation of access to health care : Gugulethu Community Health Clinic." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2456.

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Thesis (MTech (Public Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017.<br>The purpose of this study was to examine the problem of access to health care centres in the Western Cape and to forward recommendations that will improve access to health care facilities in the Western Cape. The first objective of the study was to identify trends in primary health care looking at Nigeria, with the view of learning lessons of experience. Secondly, the study provided an overview of the South African health care system. The study further examined the problems around access to Gugulethu Communit

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Ogundaini, Oluwamayowa Oaikhena. "Adoption and use of electronic healthcare information systems to support clinical care in public hospitals of the Western Cape, South Africa." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2417.

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Thesis (MTech (Information Technology))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016.<br>In the Western Cape, South Africa, despite the prospective benefits that e-Health information systems (e-Health IS) offer to support the healthcare sector; there are limitations in terms of usability, functionality and peculiar socio-technical factors. Thus, healthcare professionals do not make the most use of the implemented e-Health IS. Unfortunately, explanations remain tentative and unclear, yet non-usage of the e-Health IS defeats the objectives of its adoption, in the sense that the plan to

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Botha, Pieter. "The profile and cost of end-of-life care in South Africa - the medical schemes' experience." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/32460.

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South African medical schemes spend billions of Rands each year on medical care costs for their beneficiaries near their end of life. Hospi-centric benefit design, fee-for-service reimbursement arrangements and fragmented, silo-based delivery of care result in high, often unnecessary spending near the end of life. Factors including an ageing population, increasing incidence rates of cancer and other non-communicable diseases, and high levels of multi-morbidity among beneficiaries near their end of life further drive end-of-life care costs. Low levels of hospice or palliative care utilisation,

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Kooverjee, Mukesh Manilal. "A perspective on healthcare delivery systems with the emphasis on South African healthcare and the need for reform." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52687.

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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2002.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The need for efficient and equitable health provision remains a challenge for all countries and economies of the world. Defining health, healthcare and health provision are contentious issues, and public debate rages on as governments throughout the world attempt to quell public demands and expectations. Healthcare scenarios differ vastly from country to country, each attempting to accommodate its own needs, given the limitations placed on the systems in terms of human and financial resources. These differences are large

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Kyazze, Michael. "A hybrid model for managing personal health records in South Africa." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/3145.

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Doctors can experience difficulty in accessing medical information of new patients. One reason for this is that the management of medical records is mostly institution-centred. The lack of access to medical information may negatively affect patients in several ways. These include new medical tests that may need to be carried out at a cost to the patient and doctors prescribing drugs to which the patient is allergic. This research investigates how patients can play an active role in sharing their personal health records (PHRs) with doctors located in geographically separate areas. In order to a

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Jacobs, Nandipha. "Catastrophic and impoverishing health care expenditure in households affected by HIV/AIDS." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2006. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_4413_1254307304.

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<p>The aim of this study was to capture the intensity and incidence of catastrophic health care expenditures in order to describe the degree to which catastrophic health care payments occur among households. Simultaneously, the study set out to assess the extent to which people are made poor or poorer by health spending, i.e. the impoverishing effects of healthcare spending.</p>

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Bantom, Simlindile Abongile. "Accessibility to patients’ own health information: a case in rural Eastern Cape, South Africa." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2411.

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Thesis (MTech (Information Technology))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016.<br>Access to healthcare is regarded as a basic and essential human right. It is widely known that ICT solutions have potential to improve access to healthcare, reduce healthcare cost, reduce medical errors, and bridge the digital divide between rural and urban healthcare centres. The access to personal healthcare records is, however, an astounding challenge for both patients and healthcare professionals alike, particularly within resource-restricted environments (such as rural communities). Most rural healt

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Joyner, Kate. "Health care for intimate partner violence : current standard of care and development of protocol management." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2515.

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Thesis (DPhil (Sociology and Social Anthropology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The World Health Organisation recognises intimate partner violence (IPV) to be of major consequence to women’s mental and physical health, yet in South Africa it remains a neglected area of care. Within a professional action research framework, this study implemented a previously recommended South African protocol for the screening and holistic management of IPV in women in order to test its feasibility and to adapt it for use in the primary health care (PHC) sector of the Western Ca

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Singh, Shenuka. "A critical analysis of the provision for oral health promotion in South African health policy development." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2004. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=init_4116_1178278944.

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The rhetoric of primary health care, health promotion and health service integration is ubiquitous in health policy development in post-apartheid South Africa. However the form in which oral health promotion elements have actually been incorporated into other areas of health care in South Africa and the extent to which they have been implemented, remains unclear. The central aim of this research was to critically analyse oral health promotion elements in health policies in South Africa and determine the extent to which they have been implemented. The study set out to test the hypothesis that o

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Hyera, F. L. M. "Integration of the tuberculosis and human immunodeficiency virus control measures in South Africa during January to December 2000 /." Access to E-Thesis, 2004. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-08042005-093243/.

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Albertus, Chesne Joy. "The Right to Health Care of Terminally Ill Inmates in South Africa." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/6247.

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Doctor Legum - LLD<br>In South Africa, prison authorities are not primarily concerned with the health of the prison population. This is evidenced by inter alia: the vast number of complaints regarding health care received by the Judicial Inspectorate of Correctional Centres; natural deaths in prisons reported annually; litigation regarding health care and treatment in prisons; and the notoriously poor conditions of detention which inevitably have a negative impact on prisoners' health. There is as a result a noticeable difference between state provided health care to the public and health care

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Simon, Christian Michael. "Dealing with distress: a medical anthropological analysis of the search for health in a rural Transkeian village." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1001599.

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This study aims to characterize and understand the search for health in a rural Transkeian community. It begins with the observation that the people of Jotelo have to negotiate considerable hardships in their daily lives. These hardships include the impact of malnutrition, undernourishment and a wide range of diseases like tuberculosis, typhoid and gastro-enteritis. To survive ill-health, people develop numerous practical strategies. Most significantly, they attempt to maximise availalble resources, like cash, their relations with others and local medical facilities. Hence the study attempts t

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Mupfumira, Rudo. "An assessment of African traditional medicines in pregnancy and on birth outcomes: pharmacists' perceptions of complementary medicines in pregnancy." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003256.

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Increasing numbers of medicines are being used by pregnant South African women in the public sector during pregnancy, for the treatment of different biomedical and supernatural disease states and conditions. The motivation for the research is to support the development of more local pregnancy registries in order to strengthen evidence for the safety and efficacy of medicines used in pregnancy. A mixed methods approach was used. Women in their ninth month of pregnancy in a public sector setting, and four community pharmacists were identified. The women who met the inclusion criteria were recrui

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Amanambu, Rochelle Aneeta. "An investigation of the intention to leave or stay of health care professionals at St. Andrews Hospital." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011091.

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Background: The demand for and retention of talent worldwide is aggravated by revolutionary trends that include global competition, demographic changes and technological advances. In South Africa this phenomenon according to Frost (2002) is further challenged by the emigration of skilled people; the relative scarcity of specialist and managerial employees; employment equity and affirmative action procedures. But the development of strategies first requires an understanding of the factors which influence decisions to leave or stay particularly in rural and remote areas. St. Andrews Hospital is

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Deedat, Raees. "Lessons learnt from a private sector business pilot targeting the primary healthcare needs of poor South Africans : the case of RTT Unjani Clinics." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95693.

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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.<br>Railit Total Transportation (RTT) is a multinational corporation whose core business is to be a logistics and distribution partner to other multinational corporations. Many of RTT’s key clientele are in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry, with various key relationships and networks being developed over many years of operation. RTT set the trend by becoming one of the first large South African companies to participate in and profit from the rest of the African continent at a time when it was not popular to do so. On a similar motivati

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Fenyves, Katalin. "South African traditional healers' organisations in the context of traditionalism and modernity." Thesis, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/23019.

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A Research Report submitted to the Faculty of Arts, Department of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfillment for the degree of Master of Arts. Johannesburg, 1994<br>This research report seeks to explore the issues surrounding the organisation of traditiional healers and how their world views can be contextualised within tradtionalism and modernity. [Abbreviated Abstract. Open document to view full version]<br>MT2017

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Khanyile, Thembisile Dorothy. "The nature of the problems experienced by non-Zulu student nurses during their encounter with Zulu patients." Diss., 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17075.

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South African nurses have accepted the challenge that was brought about by the Health Reform Policy of 1990 which opened health service centres to people of all racial and cultural groups. However, recent studies on multicultural nursing have revealed that problems have occurred when delivering care across cultural barriers. Most of these studies have approached these problems from the patients point of view, where issues of dehumanized care, labelling and discrimination have been reported. Therefore, this study was an attempt to look into these problems from the nurses point of view, b

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Manganyi, Thokozile. "The knowledge of professional nurses about culture competent care at selected medical wards, oncology wards and outpatient departments in Mopani District, Limpopo Province." Diss., 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/13367.

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The purpose of the study was to determine professional nurses’ knowledge of culture- competent care at selected medical and oncology wards and outpatient departments in Mopani District, Limpopo Province. A quantitative descriptive design was used and data collected from one hundred and five professional nurses by means of a structured questionnaire. The study found that cultural knowledge needs to be nurtured through continuing education and mentoring and that culture-competent care should be included in the curriculum. Furthermore, cultural knowledge is not effective if there is no correlatio

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Butchart, Robert Alexander. "On the anatomy of power : bodies of knowledge in South African socio-medical discourse." Thesis, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16235.

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Derived from a marxist/liberal humanist view of power, conventional critiques and historical accounts of the socio-medical sciences in South Africa see only their power to repress and negate the true bodily attributes and authentic person of the African. In so doing, they ignore the productive capacity of these knowledges and practices as a manifestation of what Michel Foucault termed "disciplinary" power, by which the human body is manufactured and made manageable as an object of medical knowledge and industrial utilisation. Accordingly, this thesis offers just such a Foucaultian rea

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Oosthuizen, Martha Johanna. "Die realiteit van transkulturele verpleging : 'n etiese perspektief." 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15710.

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Transcultural nursing refers to the provision of nursing care to patients whose values, beliefs and life-style differ from those of the nurse. To enable nurses to honour their ethical obligation to provide quality care, they must have the necessary knowledge to nurse patients across cultural boundaries. This study was conducted to determine the nurse's knowledge of and attitudes towards the culturally different patient. A questionnaire was used to collect the data. Although nurses see it as a challenge to nurse patients from different cultures, it was found that they do not have the nec

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Peu, Mmapheko Doriccah. "The attitude of community health nurses towards integration of traditional healers in primary health care in North West Province." Diss., 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15763.

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South Africa is called "the rainbow nation" because it has so many different cultures. These have an impact on the provision of primary health care. The purpose of this research is to foster good relationships between community health nurses and traditional healers and to explore, identify and describe the attitude of community health nurses towards the integration of traditional healers into primary health care. A non-experimental, explorative and descriptive research strategy was designed to explore the working relationship between community health nurses and traditional healers. Data was c

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Groenewald, C. A. "A critical evaluation of the introduction of managed health care into the South African private health care industry." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/7322.

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M.Comm.<br>Health care is recognised as a basic human right. The current position of private health care in South Africa is of great concern. Not only is health care almost unaffordable but the future quality of health care also causes great concern. With this in mind it is obvious that alternatives to conventional medical aids and health insurance are necessary to guarantee the continued availability of quality medical care to the South African public. Most people would agree that our private sector health care system is characterised by a depressing history of inadequate planning, control an

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Fernandes, da Costa Melanie Sandra. "Risk management in health care in South Africa." Diss., 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16775.

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Risk management strategy is a broad discipline aimed at identifying, evaluating and handling risks by both physical and financial means. The medical aid industry in South Africa has experienced a disproportionate increase in expenditure relative to the overall economic growth. These cost pressures have placed restraints on their ability to obtain new members, which is vital when subsidizing higher risks with younger healthier members, and has resulted in losses for many schemes. Compounding the problem has been political and regulatory health care reforms as well as technological adva

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Malan, Floris Petrus. "A description of the South African health care industry using the Porter model." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/7470.

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M.Comm.<br>Health care in South Africa has been well described in terms of structure. However, to what extent would it be possible to describe the health care sector in South Africa in terms of that used to describe an industry? What conclusions could be drawn at the end of the study if this was or was not possible? Strong emphasis in industry analysis is placed on the nature of the competitive forces and on levels of profitability. Can the South African health care sector also be described in those terms? The following objectives can be identified in this study: To complete a literature revie

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