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The impact of social health protection on access to healt care, health expenditure and impoverishment. A case study of South Africa

Extension of Social Security Series, ESS Paper 23

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Lamiraud, K.; Booysen, F.; Scheil-Adlung, X.; ILO, Social Security Department
International Labour Office
2005
vi, 46
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The objective of this study is to analyse the role of social health protection in access to care and poverty reduction in South Africa. More precisely, the study assesses the impact of health insurance coverage on the utilization of health care services and out-of-pocket health care expenditure given use. Special attention is paid to the determinants of catastrophic health care payments and their impact on impoverishment

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