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District Health Barometer 2008/09 draft chapters live online.
2010-02-03

District health managers and policy makers across South Africa and world-wide will can now enjoy internet access to draft chapters of the District Health Barometer 2008/09.

Keeping abreast with the latest international publishing trends, draft chapters of the District Health Barometer 2008/09 are being published on the HST website and later on CD. This will allow interested parties, researchers, health managers and policy makers to access chapters as they are made available, rather than having to wait for a printed publication.

The draft chapters and sections will be published online as they become available.

To download the PDFs please click here

The following sections are available:

1.1 Total PHC Expenditure per Capita
1.2 PHC (Non-Hospital) Expenditure per Capita
1.3 Proportion of District Health Services Expenditure on District Management
1.4 Proportion of District Health Services Expenditure on District Hospitals
1.5 PHC (Non-Hospital) Expenditure per Patient Visit
1.6 Cost per Patient Day Equivalent
4.2 Tuberculosis

About the District Health Barometer

The goal of the District Health Barometer is to improve the quality of and access to primary health care services, by monitoring and measuring important performance indicators of the health system at district level. (http://www.hst.org.za/generic/77)

The current draft edition is accessible here

To view previous editions of the District Health Barometer, please access the links below:

DHB 2007/8		http://www.hst.org.za/publications/850
DHB 2006/7		http://www.hst.org.za/publications/717
DHB 2005/6		http://www.hst.org.za/publications/701
DHB 2004 - Year One		http://www.hst.org.za/publications/689

The District Health Barometer is funded by the Development Bank of Southern Africa

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