Contracts for primary care in South Africa's part-time district surgeon system

Abstract

This chapter explores some of the issues surrounding primary health care contracts, drawing on preliminary evidence from a case-study of one type of well-established contract for primary care in South Africa.

Citation

In: Soderlund N, Mendoza-Arana P, Goudge J (eds.), The new public/private mix in health: exploring the changing landscape. Geneva: Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, chp 11, pp 179-191.

Contracts for primary care in South Africa’s part-time district surgeon system

Published 4 December 2006