Modelling and forecasting of primary healthcare utilisation, perceived quality of care and non‐emergency referrals to hospitals in a national health insurance pilot district of South Africa
H Mukudu,
K Otwombe,
A Fusheini
et al.
Abstract:
Background. The first phase of the National Health Insurance (NHI) pilot programme focusing on primary healthcare has been implemented in Tshwane and 10 other districts of South Africa since 2012. This was envisaged to improve the quality of healthcare at primary healthcare level, and offset the burden of non-emergency healthcare at hospital outpatient level. However, there are no population-level studies that have been done to determine the relationship and interdependence of primary heal… Show more
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