tailieunhanh - Financing_South_Africa_'s_National_Health_System_through_National_Health_Insurance

The provision of universal access to healthcare, a right enshrined in the South African Constitution, is the responsibility of government. Although much progress has been made towards the creation of a national health system which makes ’access to health for all’ a reality, much remains to be a means to facilitate debate on the subject, the Policy Analysis Unit of the Human Sciences Research Council, hosted a colloquium on ’Health within a comprehensive system of social security’, under the auspices of the South African National Liaison Committee of Unesco’. | Free download from Financing South Africa s national health system through national health insurance POSSIBILITIES AND CHALLENGES COLLOQUIUM PROCEEDINGS Compiled by Claire Botha and Michael Hendricks HSRC POLICY ANALYSIS UNIT HSRC PRESS Free download from Published by HSRC Press Private Bag X9182 Cape Town 8000 South Africa First published 2008 ISBN 978-0-7969-2235-9 2008 Human Sciences Research Council Copyedited by Vaun Cornell Typeset by Simon van Gend Cover design by Jenny Young Cover photo by Guy Stubbs Printed by Creda Communications Distributed in Africa by Blue Weaver Tel 27 0 21 701 4477 Fax 27 0 21 701 7302 Distributed in Europe and the United Kingdom by Eurospan Distribution Services EDS Tel 44 0 20 7240 0856 Fax 44 0 20 7379 0609 Distributed in North America by Independent Publishers Group IPG Call toll-free 800 888 4741 Fax 1 312 337 5985 Suggested citation HSRC Policy Analysis Unit 2008 Financing South Africa s national health system through national health insurance Possibilities and challenges. Cape Town HSRC Press Free download from Contents Acknowledgements iv Acronyms v Preface vii Introduction ix Claire Botha SECTION A Key speeches and setting the context 1 A national health system opportunities and challenges for South Africa 1 Dr Olive Shisana Health within a comprehensive system of social security is national health insurance an appropriate response 7 Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang Setting the context 14 Claire Botha and Michael Hendricks SECTION B Colloquium inputs and discussions on key themes 23 Overview of key themes 23 Healthcare provision 26 Healthcare funding 30 Purchasing of healthcare 37 SECTION C Discussion and recommendations 41 List of participants 45 References .