Determinants of the choice of health care facility utilised by individuals in HIV/AIDS-affected households in the Free State province of South Africa

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dc.creatorVisser, Martine
dc.creatorBooysen, Frikkie
dc.date2013-10-03T16:12:06Z
dc.date2013-10-03T16:12:06Z
dc.date2004-11
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:06:26Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:06:26Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionThis paper analyses differences in the choice of health care facility by individuals in HIV/AIDS-affected households in the Free State province of South Africa. Illness is more prevalent and severe amongst poorer affected households. The probability that individuals seek private versus public health care conditional on individual and household specific socio-economic variables is investigated. Significant determinants of choice of health care facility are income, severity of illness, the burden of illness and death in the household, the number of people in the household with access to medical aid, and secondary education. The demand for private health care over public health care is sensitive to income, with those from the lowest income quintile on average being less likely to switch to private health care than those in the highest income quintile. The planned roll-out of anti-retroviral treatment in public health care facilities in South Africa therefore will be crucial in enabling infected persons from poor households access to treatment. The provision of free treatment at public facilities may also see health care shift from private to public providers in the longer term.
dc.identifier1-77011-018-6
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/648
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Health Care KW - HIV/AIDS KW - Free State Province LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Determinants of the choice of health care facility utilised by individuals in HIV/AIDS-affected households in the Free State province of South Africa TI - Determinants of the choice of health care facility utilised by individuals in HIV/AIDS-affected households in the Free State province of South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/648 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/648
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCSSR and SALDRU
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.relationCSSR/SALDRU Working Paper;87
dc.subjectHealth Care
dc.subjectHIV/AIDS
dc.subjectFree State Province
dc.titleDeterminants of the choice of health care facility utilised by individuals in HIV/AIDS-affected households in the Free State province of South Africa
dc.typeWorking Paper
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceWorking Paperen_ZA
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