Managed healthcare in South Africa : impact on patient care and ethical pharmaceutical sales in Kwa-Zulu-Natal

Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree in Master in Technology: Marketing, Technikon Natal, 2003. === Managed care is defined by Chetty (1999: 1) as "the practice of evidence based medicine with an approach to managing both the quality and cost of medical care". Manage...

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Main Author: Naidoo, Krishnavelli Marla
Other Authors: Raap, Peter John
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10321/2841
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Summary:Submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree in Master in Technology: Marketing, Technikon Natal, 2003. === Managed care is defined by Chetty (1999: 1) as "the practice of evidence based medicine with an approach to managing both the quality and cost of medical care". Managed care was introduced into South Africa in the last decade due to increasing cost of healthcare. All forms of managed care represent attempts to control costs by modifying the behaviour of general practitioners. === M