Terblanche, Susan S.Booysen, F le RJacobs, Nandipha.Faculty of Community and Health Sciences2013-10-112024-11-072009/09/302009/09/302013-10-112024-11-072006https://hdl.handle.net/10566/18920Magister Artium (Child and Family Studies) - MA(CFS)The aim of this study was to capture the intensity and incidence of catastrophic health care expenditures in order to describe the degree to which catastrophic health care payments occur among households. Simultaneously, the study set out to assess the extent to which people are made poor or poorer by health spending, i.e. the impoverishing effects of healthcare spending.enAIDS (Disease)Economic aspectsSouth AfricaHIV infectionsEconomic aspectsHIV-positive personsMedical careThesisUniversity of the Western Cape