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These are not luxuries, it is essential for access to life: Disability related out-of pocket costs as a driver of economic vulnerability

Abstract With the dawn of the new sustainable development goals, we face not only a world that has seen great successes in alleviating poverty…

May 10, 2017 By: Nicola Deghaye, Jill Hanass-Hancock, Siphumelele Nene, Simmi Pillay PDF

A comparable yardstick: adjusting for education bias in South African health system responsiveness ratings

Abstract Health-system responsiveness (HSR) measures the experience of health-system users in terms of the non-clinical aspects of the health system. This has been operationalized…

April 29, 2017 By: Anja Smith, Laura Rossouw PDF

South Africa’s hospital sector: old divisions and new developments

Abstract The hospital sector in South Africa mirrors deep inequalities in the country as a whole. The private, for-profit hospital sector is well resourced…

April 29, 2017 By: Anja Smith, Chloé van Biljon, Ronelle Burger, Shivani Ranchod, Cheryl Adams, Angeliki Carvounes, Kathryn Dreyer, Jacqui Stewart PDF

Gender bias may contribute to missed TB cases in South Africa

Abstract Eight communities with high tuberculosis (TB) prevalence, Western Cape, South Africa. Our objective was to identify sex differences in TB health-seeking behaviour and…

April 29, 2016 By: Anja Smith, Ronelle Burger, M. Claasens, Helen Ayles, P. Godfrey-Faussett, N. Beyers PDF

Strengthening the measurement of quality of public health care

Abstract There is growing recognition that access to healthcare facilities is unlikely to improve health outcomes if the quality of the care provided at…

April 29, 2016 By: Anja Smith, Ronelle Burger, Laura Rossouw, Shivani Ranchod PDF

Cost-effectiveness of integrated antiretroviral therapy in HIV-tuberculosis co-infected ambulatory patients in South Africa

Abstract Initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART) during tuberculosis (TB) treatment improves survival in TB-HIV coinfected patients. In patients with CD4 counts <50 cells per…

May 10, 2015 By: Nicola Deghaye, Kogieleum Naidoo, Anneke Grobler, Tarylee Reddy, Andrew Gray, Salim Abdool_Karim PDF

Management in the South African public health sector: An x-inefficiency perspective

Abstract Inefficiency in the South African public health sector contributes significantly to the country’s relatively poor health outcomes, yet it is poorly understood and…

May 2, 2012 By: Carmen Sue Christian, Nicholas Crisp PDF

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These are not luxuries, it is essential for access to life: Disability related out-of pocket costs as a driver of economic vulnerability

A comparable yardstick: adjusting for education bias in South African health system responsiveness ratings

South Africa’s hospital sector: old divisions and new developments

Gender bias may contribute to missed TB cases in South Africa

Strengthening the measurement of quality of public health care

Cost-effectiveness of integrated antiretroviral therapy in HIV-tuberculosis co-infected ambulatory patients in South Africa

Management in the South African public health sector: An x-inefficiency perspective

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