Regionalisation Of Hospital Infrastructure In The Eastern Transvaal Area
Date
1991
Authors
Crisp, Nicholas Gilmour
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Abstract
The extremely complex fragmentation of health services in the greater South
Africa has lead to confusion, duplication and uncoordinated planning.
This study assesses the hospital component of the health services in one discrete
geographical area where service responsibilities are particularly complex.
Each of the hospitals identified within the study area was visited and, after a short
conducted tour, detailed information was obtained on a standard questionnaire
during interviews with senior hospital personnel. Final detail was obtained by
inspection of various functional components in each hospital.
Proposals regarding the process of regionalising the hospital services in a future
post-apartheid era (when political boundaries, particularly homeland boundaries,
have disappeared and the health services can be rationalised under a unified
health authority) are made.
The major finding is that, while some expansion is needed, the existing facilities
can be reorganised into a functional complex at minimal cost and limited
disruption of services.
Description
A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Medicine
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
for the Degree of Master of Medicine (Community Health)
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Hospitals South Africa.