National health insurance (NHI)--the storm clouds gather.(South Africa)Bateman, Chris
The World Health Assembly passed a resolution on the importance of engaging with the private health sector. However, the reality is that universal health coverage aspirations are particularly challenging when there is a significant private health sector. This sector in South Africa suffers from rapidly...
In order to facilitate community engagement in the NHI policy implementation a study was conducted to understand public perception and expectations of the new NHI of South Africa. 展开 关键词: Expectations Perceptions National Health Insurance South Africa ...
health insurance, health expenditure, economic Barden of disease, we hope this seminar will be bring out the various issues for discussion among economists, academicians, health experts, administrators and policy makers which may throw possible solutions to the burning problems in the health and medic...
LMICs such as India and South Africa have a coverage of over 70% [62]. However, in the case of China, these four vaccines have not been included in the NIP and the coverage rates are low, which can be attributed to several key barriers, including high vaccine prices, insufficient ...
Lottery visas are apportioned to foreign nationals hailing from the following six geographic regions: Africa; Asia; Europe; North America; Oceania; and South America‚ Central America, and the Caribbean. To qualify‚ a foreign national must claim nativity or country of birth in an eligible coun...
Approximately 71.5% of the Brazilian population relies on the publicly-funded SUS for healthcare. Although all Brazilians are covered by the SUS, 28.5% of the population (primarily those with higher incomes and living in large urban centers) are covered by private health insurance plans. One of...
Western sub-Saharan Africa 1 010 000 (695 000 to 1 420 000) 182·0 (175·0 to 188·0) 335·0 (230·0 to 466·0) 296·0 (204·0 to 408·0) 13·4 (11·7 to 15·2) Data in parentheses are 95% uncertainty intervals. North Africa and Middle East and South Asia ...
Africa which have looked at the premium as a barrier to enrolment or retention in health insurance schemes, attempts have not been made to estimate what constitutes affordable insurance contributions [13,14,30,31], though few have analysed household capacity to pay the insurance premium [32,33]...
If you’ve been working long hours at the office, then you might be intimately acquainted with some of the ways that overwork can have an impact on your health.</p> <p>But even as debate rages over whether it’s time to switch to a four-day workweek, some workplaces...