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Article: Primary care as a means of decreasing health care costs.(RESEARCH)
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- Health SA Gesondheid
- Article date:
- December 1, 2004
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ABSTRACT
The study was focussed at furthering the health objectives of the Government's Reconstruction and Development Programme in the area of primary care. The purpose of the study was to examine the possible reduction of medical scheme claims for cardiovascular disease by means of primary care, so that medical scheme benefits do not become exhausted so rapidly. A quantitative approach, using an explorative and descriptive design was used. A survey was done by means of a questionnaire which was distributed to 250 principle members of the medical scheme in four selected divisions of a private organisation. Thereafter, a limited clinical assessment was done on ...