South Africa's health sector is transitioning to a national health insurance system, aiming to build on other primary health care initiatives to transform the previously segregated, inequitable services. Within these plans CPGs are an integral tool for delivering standardised and cost effective care. ...
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, at the time, was characterised by increasing institutionalisation, professionalism and...
Similarly, certain qualitative studies have provided analyses of the development processes of guidelines for eclampsia treatment and malaria control in 3 SSA countries [19, 20], as well as for maternal health [21], lay health workers [22] and primary care [23] in South Africa. This body of...
Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) have an appreciable impact on patients’ health. Little is known however about ADR reporting in ambulatory care environm
More recently, integrated – as opposed to disease-specific – guidelines, have also been developed for use in resource-rich settings.5-7 The Practical Approach to Lung Health in South Africa (PALSA) initiative is a local adaptation and expansion of the * Corresponding author: Dr Rene English...
The Practical Approach to Lung Health in South Africa (PALSA) initiative aimed to develop an integrated symptom- and sign-based (syndromic) respiratory disease guideline for nurse care practitioners working in primary care in a developing country. A multidisciplinary team developed the guideline after...
Lessons Learnt IN THE Implementation OF Primary Health Care Barron P: Lessons learnt in the implementation of primary health care. Experiences from health districts in South Africa. Cape Town: Health Systems Trust;... C Baez,F Kumalo,N Leon,... 被引量: 5发表: 2003年 Rethinking curriculum im...
Olkers, PattieFlisher, Alan JTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Child & Adolescent Mental HealthByrne H, Olkers P, Flisher AJ. Training in child and adolescent psychiatry for primary health care nurses in South Africa. J Child Adolesc Ment Health 2004; 16: 83-86....
An Overview of Primary Health Care in South Africa and the Effect of Medical Aid Insurance on Private Practitionerssilicastrong anion-exchange chromatographyatom transfer radical polymerizationprotein’s separationSouth Africa is a land of extreme contrasts. Besides vast differences in the ethnic origins,...
Nurses provide the bulk of primary care services in South Africa. Post-apartheid health legislation envisions the provision of comprehensive primary services at all public clinics, which implies the need for a cadre of primary care nurses able to render such services. To identify core competencies ...