Access to Public Health Services in South Africa’s Rural Eastern Cape Province

Willie, Michael Mncedisi; Maqbool, Mudasir

doi:10.2139/ssrn.4405870

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The potential value of e-health in a rural Limpopo Province municipality

Sumbana,

Dandadzi,

Nkobeni

et al. 2024

IJRBS

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This qualitative study aims to assess the value of e-health in rural areas of the Limpopo Province of South Africa. The study was meant to appraise the current state of e-health readiness in rural Limpopo areas and identify any barriers to effective health service delivery. Data were collected through interviews with rural health providers from the province. The study defined e-health as an approach in which health services can be provided comprehensively by using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in a more cost-effective, efficient, and quicker way than when manual methods are used. It then established that rural health in Limpopo is deficient and almost dysfunctional because of rural health in Limpopo is deficient and almost dysfunctional because of lacking infrastructure and other problems due to scarcity of resources. Transport and road conditions, as well as a lack of patient transport, made rural health services extremely poor. The study realised that by restructuring the rural health systems in the province, there are ample opportunities to enable e-health mode to rural health service. Therefore, the study recommended restructuring rural health and then introducing it.

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The potential value of e-health in a rural Limpopo Province municipality

Sumbana,

Dandadzi,

Nkobeni

et al. 2024

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Perspective Chapter: Unravelling the Policy Paradox – A Critical Examination of Post-Apartheid South Africa’s Healthcare Development in the Context of Developmental State Goals

Lander

2024

Economics of Healthcare, Studies and Cases [Working Title]

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Post-apartheid South Africa has had economic development goals aligned with that of a developmental state (DS). However, almost three decades later, persistent rates of high inequality, poverty, and unemployment prove that not only has the African National Congress (ANC) been unsuccessful in achieving its development goals; but the reality of its macroeconomic policy has not been that of a developmental state. While the presented policy on healthcare in South Africa appears, prima facie, to be committed to deep developmental goals, other policies thwart the intentions of this legislation. These policies entrench and perpetuate inequalities in health outcomes between rural and urban, private, and public, as well as racial profiles of citizens. The policies that undo the developmental spending on healthcare include cadre deployment which ensures weak civil service management and conflicting messages in policy decisions as they develop. Further, this mixed policy approach towards healthcare has undermined South Africa’s development goals. Although the ANC may have to combat the apartheid legacies of inequality, poverty, and unemployment, its failure in achieving meaningful development can be largely attributed to its misdirected policy approach to both its macroeconomic environment and basic healthcare.

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Access to Public Health Services in South Africa’s Rural Eastern Cape Province

Cited by 2 publications

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The potential value of e-health in a rural Limpopo Province municipality

The potential value of e-health in a rural Limpopo Province municipality

Perspective Chapter: Unravelling the Policy Paradox – A Critical Examination of Post-Apartheid South Africa’s Healthcare Development in the Context of Developmental State Goals

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