SANTA vs. public tuberculosis hospitals: the patient experience in the Free State, 2001/2002
Curationis
| Field | Value | |
| Title | SANTA vs. public tuberculosis hospitals: the patient experience in the Free State, 2001/2002 | |
| Creator | Heunis, J.C van Rensburg, H.C.J. Meulemans, H. | |
| Description | This paper reflects on the appropriateness of the decision to close down a nongovernmental organisation (NGO), state-aided tuberculosis (TB) hospital in the Free State in 2003. Henceforth hospitalisation of TB patients would take place at public district hospitals. A survey conducted late-2001/'early-2002 revealed a more positive patient experience of hospitalisation forTB in public hospitals than in the NGO hospital. Consideration of the patient experience serves to inform the debate concerning continued outsourcing of TB hospital care to NGOs in South Africa. This study discusses comparative findings in respect of patients’ biographic and socio-economic characteristics, health beliefs, satisfaction with hospitalisation, experience of stigmatisation, adherence to treatment and absconding from hospital. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2007-09-28 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/curationis.v30i1.1034 | |
| Source | Curationis; Vol 30, No 1 (2007); 4-14 2223-6279 0379-8577 | |
| Language | eng | |
| Relation |
The following web links (URLs) may trigger a file download or direct you to an alternative webpage to gain access to a publication file format of the published article:
https://curationis.org.za/index.php/curationis/article/view/1034/971
|
|
ADVERTISEMENT
