Introducing a national health insurance system in South Africa: A general practitioner's bottom-up approach to costing

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 794-797

  Moosa, Shabir ^a   Luiz, John M ^b   Carmichael, Teresa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPITATION FEE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK MANAGEMENT; TAX;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84867441894     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.6072     Document Type: Article

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