Shaheeda SechelBlack, P.A.2023-03-132024-05-032023-03-132024-05-032002https://hdl.handle.net/10566/12486Magister Commercii - MComIn the interest of holistic integrated management, all functions and resources of primary health care should be transferred to the local authority through the process of decentralisation. Thereby placing all such services under a single authority. The reallocation of resources to local authority alternatives can reduce the cost of providing primary health care services. Such reduction does not necessarily imply budgetary savings; rather, it may imply increasing the number of people who are served or improving the quality of services for a given level of expenditure. The motive for decentralisation, if any, emerges from the majoritarian nature of the political process, efficiency and equity considerations.enPrimary health careMetropolitan AreaLocal authorityDecentralisationCollective needsCostsUniversity of the Western Cape