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Patient lost in the private healthcare mix – Broomberg

Chris Bateman

Abstract


The South African healthcare system is organised around the needs of just about every stakeholder except the patient, with a highly fragmented, ‘siloed’ approach where integrated care is the exception and not the rule, says Discovery Health CEO Jonny Broomberg.


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Chris Bateman, HMPG, South Africa

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Keywords

Integrated care; Medical silos; Cost drivers; Healthcare inflation

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South African Medical Journal 2014;104(8):533-535. DOI:10.7196/SAMJ.8625

Article History

Date submitted: 2014-06-30
Date published: 2014-07-25

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