This paper discusses some of the trends, debates and policy proposals in relation to the financing of the private health sector in South Africa. The public and private sectors in South Africa are of equivalent size in terms of overall expenditure, but cover substantially different population sizes.
Health sector reform in South Asia: new challenges and constraints
β Scribed by Anwar Islam; M. Zaffar Tahir
- Book ID
- 117381383
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 182 KB
- Volume
- 60
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0168-8510
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