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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Հիմնական հեղինակներ: H. Myezwa, M. van Niekerk
Ձևաչափ: Հոդված
Լեզու:English
Հրապարակվել է: AOSIS 2013-01-01
Շարք:South African Journal of Physiotherapy
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Առցանց հասանելիություն:https://sajp.co.za/index.php/sajp/article/view/372
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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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