RESUMO
Day hospital fee increases in April 1984 were followed by a fall in hypertensive, diabetic and asthmatic patients' attendances at the Bishop Lavis Day Hospital. The majority of the patients attending less often for treatment were not receiving medical care elsewhere, which resulted in a large number of hospital admissions with increased financial and long-term health costs for the patients. Increases in patient fees at the day hospitals have been far in excess of the inflation rate over the past 10 years, and a review of the tariff structure is required to bring fees to levels which are affordable by low-income patients.
Assuntos
Honorários Médicos , Ambulatório Hospitalar/estatística & dados numéricos , Asma/terapia , Diabetes Mellitus/terapia , Humanos , Hipertensão/terapia , Admissão do Paciente , África do Sul , Estatística como Assunto , População SuburbanaRESUMO
Children and their guardians who had been admitted to the nutrition rehabilitation units at Holy Cross Mission and Rietvlei Hospitals, Transkei, were followed up at their homes between 6 and 14 months later in order to assess the condition of the children, the knowledge gained by the guardians, and the changes implemented by them at their homes. Factors influencing these parameters are analysed and recommendations are made arising from the results obtained.
