Title: Affordability, availability and acceptability barriers to health care for the chronically ill : longitudinal case studies from South Africa

Authors: Goudge, Jane

Place: [London]

Publisher: BioMed central

Year: 2009

Journal: BMC Health services research

Volume: vol. 9, no. 75

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Subject: Health and Poverty

Keywords: health care delivery, health policy, health services research, south africa

Abstract: This paper describes the difficulties poor households face in accessing chronic care in a rural area of South Africa, with the aim of informing health policy debates as to how the health system might be better organized to meet the needs of patients with chronic illness.

URL: http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1472-6963-9-75.pdf

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