[HTML][HTML] What patients say about living with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures: a systematic synthesis of qualitative studies

GH Rawlings, M Reuber - Seizure, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose This is a narrative systematic synthesis of qualitative research investigating
patients⿿ accounts of living with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES). Qualitative …

[HTML][HTML] Mortality trends and differentials in South Africa from 1997 to 2012: second National Burden of Disease Study

V Pillay-van Wyk, W Msemburi, R Laubscher… - The Lancet Global …, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background The poor health of South Africans is known to be associated with a quadruple
disease burden. In the second National Burden of Disease (NBD) study, we aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] Review of occupational health and safety organization in expanding economies: the case of Southern Africa

D Moyo, M Zungu, S Kgalamono, CD Mwila - Annals of global health, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Globally, access to occupational health and safety (OHS) by workers has
remained at very low levels. The organization and implementation of OHS in South Africa …

[HTML][HTML] Socioeconomic-related health inequality in South Africa: evidence from General Household Surveys

JE Ataguba, J Akazili, D McIntyre - International journal for equity in health, 2011 - Springer
Background Inequalities in health have received considerable attention from health
scientists and economists. In South Africa, inequalities exist in socio-economic status (SES) …

[HTML][HTML] Resource constrained innovation in a technology intensive sector: Frugal medical devices from manufacturing firms in South Africa

S Chakravarty - Technovation, 2022 - Elsevier
Most medical devices are designed by western firms from efficient innovation systems with a
focus on their home markets. A disproportionately high percentage of imported medical …

Paying for and receiving benefits from health services in South Africa: is the health system equitable?

JE Ataguba, D McIntyre - Health policy and planning, 2012 - academic.oup.com
There is a global challenge for health systems to ensure equity in both the delivery and
financing of health care. However, many African countries still do not have equitable health …

Comparative health systems analysis of differences in the catastrophic health expenditure associated with non-communicable vs communicable diseases among …

A Haakenstad, M Coates, G Bukhman… - Health policy and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in low-and middle-income
countries may have implications for health system performance in the area of financial risk …

[HTML][HTML] Patients as consumers of health care in South Africa: the ethical and legal implications

K Rowe, K Moodley - BMC medical ethics, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background South Africa currently has a pluralistic health care system with
separate public and private sectors. It is, however, moving towards a socialised model with …

Factors influencing the decision to drop out of health insurance enrolment among urban slum dwellers in Ghana

RA Atinga, GA Abiiro… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To identify the factors influencing dropout from Ghana's health insurance scheme
among populations living in slum communities. Methods Cross‐sectional data were …

[HTML][HTML] Short-Term Joint Effects of PM10, NO2 and SO2 on Cardio-Respiratory Disease Hospital Admissions in Cape Town, South Africa

TC Adebayo-Ojo, J Wichmann… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background/Aim: In sub-Sahara Africa, few studies have investigated the short-term
association between hospital admissions and ambient air pollution. Therefore, this study …