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Endoscopy outreach: How worthwhile is it?
M Voss, L M Forward, C A C Smits, R Duvenage
Abstract
Specialist outreach is a strongly promoted strategy for improving the access of rural populations to specialist care. However, the provision of outreach diverts specialist services from their base hospitals, and places services at those base hospitals in jeopardy. In the under-resourced South African context, it is necessary to monitor and evaluate outreach services to see whether they add value to the health service.
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M Voss, Worcester Hospital
L M Forward,
C A C Smits,
R Duvenage,
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Keywords
Endoscopy; peptic ulceration; outreach
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South African Medical Journal 2010;100(3):158.
Article History
Date submitted: 2009-08-06
Date published: 2010-03-08
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