The household costs of health care in rural South Africa with free public primary care and hospital exemptions for the poor

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 458-467

  Goudge, Jane ^a   Gilson, Lucy ^b,c   Russell, Steve ^d   Gumede, Tebogo ^a   Mills, Anne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cost burdens of health care; Exemptions; Free primary care; Social protection; South Africa

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POVERTY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEES AND CHARGES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 62449116135     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02256.x     Document Type: Article

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