National Health Insurance implications for rehabilitation professionals and service delivery
This paper reviews the National Health Insurance (NHI) in view of what is proposed and authors suggest how it may impact on the rehabilitation sector namely occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and audiology. A review of the basic description of the NHI and the different...
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| סדרה: | South African Journal of Physiotherapy |
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| גישה מקוונת: | https://sajp.co.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/372 |
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| author | H. Myezwa M. van Niekerk |
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| description | This paper reviews the National Health Insurance (NHI) in view of what is proposed and authors suggest how it may impact on the rehabilitation sector namely occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and audiology. A review of the basic description of the NHI and the different elements is presented. Particular attention is paid to how much interface and mention is made of rehabilitation. The current status of rehabilitation service provision and its response to the needs of the population, in particular the burden of disease and the related finance models are discussed. Suggestions are presented for the way forward to ensure rehabilitation professionals and services rendered are not caught flat footed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-73f9fecbdff249539d819e543a21b51f2022-12-22T02:36:05ZengAOSISSouth African Journal of Physiotherapy0379-61752410-82192013-01-0169410.4102/sajp.v69i4.372287National Health Insurance implications for rehabilitation professionals and service deliveryH. Myezwa0M. van Niekerk1Department of Physiotherapy, School of Therapeutic Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the WitwatersrandDepartment of Occupational Therapy, School of Therapeutic Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the WitwatersrandThis paper reviews the National Health Insurance (NHI) in view of what is proposed and authors suggest how it may impact on the rehabilitation sector namely occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and audiology. A review of the basic description of the NHI and the different elements is presented. Particular attention is paid to how much interface and mention is made of rehabilitation. The current status of rehabilitation service provision and its response to the needs of the population, in particular the burden of disease and the related finance models are discussed. Suggestions are presented for the way forward to ensure rehabilitation professionals and services rendered are not caught flat footed.https://sajp.co.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/372National health insuranceRehabilitationImplicationsOccupational therapyPhysiotherapry |
| spellingShingle | H. Myezwa M. van Niekerk National Health Insurance implications for rehabilitation professionals and service delivery South African Journal of Physiotherapy National health insurance Rehabilitation Implications Occupational therapy Physiotherapry |
| title | National Health Insurance implications for rehabilitation professionals and service delivery |
| title_full | National Health Insurance implications for rehabilitation professionals and service delivery |
| title_fullStr | National Health Insurance implications for rehabilitation professionals and service delivery |
| title_full_unstemmed | National Health Insurance implications for rehabilitation professionals and service delivery |
| title_short | National Health Insurance implications for rehabilitation professionals and service delivery |
| title_sort | national health insurance implications for rehabilitation professionals and service delivery |
| topic | National health insurance Rehabilitation Implications Occupational therapy Physiotherapry |
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