The Role of Health Care Service
(2005)Department of Economics
- Abstract
- South Africa is the worst impacted country in the world in terms of HIV and AIDS. The country faces HIV prevalence rates of a good 20 percent and AIDS is today the leading cause of death in the country. As the epidemic spreads through the country it poses severe threats to the country’s economic growth and development. South Africa is thus in utmost need of free and effective health care services. The problem, however, is that the health care sector is a sector with notorious market failures that prevents just this, both in public as well as private provision. Moreover, the health sector is itself experiencing severe problems caused by the epidemic. In the light of these problems, an alternative service provider of HIV/AIDS related health... (More)
- South Africa is the worst impacted country in the world in terms of HIV and AIDS. The country faces HIV prevalence rates of a good 20 percent and AIDS is today the leading cause of death in the country. As the epidemic spreads through the country it poses severe threats to the country’s economic growth and development. South Africa is thus in utmost need of free and effective health care services. The problem, however, is that the health care sector is a sector with notorious market failures that prevents just this, both in public as well as private provision. Moreover, the health sector is itself experiencing severe problems caused by the epidemic. In the light of these problems, an alternative service provider of HIV/AIDS related health care is becoming one of South Africa’s most important ones in terms of alleviating the rural poor of their health care concerns; home-based care organisations. (Less)
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- author
- Candin, Cassandra
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2005
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Health Care Service, Economics, econometrics, economic theory, economic systems, economic policy, Nationalekonomi, ekonometri, ekonomisk teori, ekonomiska system, ekonomisk politik
- language
- English
- id
- 1338025
- date added to LUP
- 2005-03-17 00:00:00
- date last changed
- 2010-08-03 10:50:16
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abstract = {{South Africa is the worst impacted country in the world in terms of HIV and AIDS. The country faces HIV prevalence rates of a good 20 percent and AIDS is today the leading cause of death in the country. As the epidemic spreads through the country it poses severe threats to the country’s economic growth and development. South Africa is thus in utmost need of free and effective health care services. The problem, however, is that the health care sector is a sector with notorious market failures that prevents just this, both in public as well as private provision. Moreover, the health sector is itself experiencing severe problems caused by the epidemic. In the light of these problems, an alternative service provider of HIV/AIDS related health care is becoming one of South Africa’s most important ones in terms of alleviating the rural poor of their health care concerns; home-based care organisations.}},
author = {{Candin, Cassandra}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{The Role of Health Care Service}},
year = {{2005}},
}