Patient satisfaction with health care providers in South Africa: The influences of race and socioeconomic status

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2005

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Oxford University Press

Abstract

The first democratic government elected in South Africa in 1994 inherited huge inequalities in health status and health provision across all sections of the population. This study set out to assess, 4 years later, the influence of race and socioeconomic status (SES) on perceived quality of care from health care providers. A 1998 countrywide survey of 3820 households assessed many aspects of health care delivery, including levels of satisfaction with health care providers among different segments of South African society.

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Health care, Race, Oral health, South Africa, Population studies

Citation

Myburgh, N. G. et al. (2005). Patient satisfaction with health care providers in South Africa: The influences of race and socioeconomic status. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 17 (6) , 473-477. 10.1093/intqhc/mzi062