Have public health spending and access in South Africa become more equitable since the end of apartheid?

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 681-703

  Burger, Ronelle ^a   Bredenkamp, Caryn ^b   Grobler, Christelle ^a   van der Berg, Servaas ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

access; benefit incidence; equity; financial protection; fiscal incidence; health care utilisation; health expenditure

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; EQUITY; FINANCIAL SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH SERVICES; PUBLIC HEALTH;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84868682548     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2012.730971     Document Type: Article

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