The draft charter of the private and public health sectors of the Republic of South Africa: Health for all, or profits for few?

dc.contributor.authorReynolds, Louis
dc.contributor.authorLondon, Leslie
dc.contributor.authorSanders, David
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-16T14:34:11Z
dc.date.available2017-08-16T14:34:11Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.updated2016-01-13T07:33:43Z
dc.description.abstractThe central aim of the Department of Health’s recently released Draft Charter of the Public and Private Health Sectors (CPPHS) is to address the legacy of apartheid regarding access to health care for all South Africans. It commits the public and private sectors to create ‘a health care system that is coherent, cost effective and quality driven … for the benefit of the entire population’ and to work together ‘to improve the scope, accessibility and quality of care at all levels’. These are laudable goals and we express our wholehearted support for them. The CPPHS specifies four ‘key areas’ of transformation: access to health services, equity in health services, quality of health services, and black economic empowerment (BEE). Among these the first three – access to, equity in, and quality of health care services - are essential (though not sufficient) to meeting the goal of health for all in South Africa. The fourth, however, is problematic.
dc.identifier.apacitationReynolds, L., London, L., & Sanders, D. (2005). The draft charter of the private and public health sectors of the Republic of South Africa: Health for all, or profits for few?. <i>South African Medical Journal</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24879en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationReynolds, Louis, Leslie London, and David Sanders "The draft charter of the private and public health sectors of the Republic of South Africa: Health for all, or profits for few?." <i>South African Medical Journal</i> (2005) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24879en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationReynolds, L., London, L., & Sanders, D. (2005). The Draft Charter of the Private and Public Health Sectors of the Republic of South Africa: health for all, or profits for few?: issues in medicine: SAMJ forum. South African Medical Journal, 95(10), p-742.
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Reynolds, Louis AU - London, Leslie AU - Sanders, David AB - The central aim of the Department of Health’s recently released Draft Charter of the Public and Private Health Sectors (CPPHS) is to address the legacy of apartheid regarding access to health care for all South Africans. It commits the public and private sectors to create ‘a health care system that is coherent, cost effective and quality driven … for the benefit of the entire population’ and to work together ‘to improve the scope, accessibility and quality of care at all levels’. These are laudable goals and we express our wholehearted support for them. The CPPHS specifies four ‘key areas’ of transformation: access to health services, equity in health services, quality of health services, and black economic empowerment (BEE). Among these the first three – access to, equity in, and quality of health care services - are essential (though not sufficient) to meeting the goal of health for all in South Africa. The fourth, however, is problematic. DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Medical Journal LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 T1 - The draft charter of the private and public health sectors of the Republic of South Africa: Health for all, or profits for few? TI - The draft charter of the private and public health sectors of the Republic of South Africa: Health for all, or profits for few? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24879 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/24879
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationReynolds L, London L, Sanders D. The draft charter of the private and public health sectors of the Republic of South Africa: Health for all, or profits for few?. South African Medical Journal. 2005; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/24879.en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Public Health and Family Medicineen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceSouth African Medical Journal
dc.source.urihttp://www.samj.org.za/index.php/samj
dc.subject.otherSouth Africa Private sector
dc.subject.otherPublic sector
dc.subject.otherDraft charter
dc.subject.otherAccess to health care
dc.titleThe draft charter of the private and public health sectors of the Republic of South Africa: Health for all, or profits for few?
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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uct.type.resourceArticleen_ZA
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