| Summary |
The purpose of the National Primary Health Care (PHC) Facilities Survey is to
measure progress with regard to availability, accessibility, effectiveness, efficiency
and quality of PHC service provision. Comparisons with previous national PHC
facilities surveys (1998, 2000) allow conclusions to be drawn about trends and
progress made over the past six years at national and provincial levels. This report is
one of a series that was compiled from data collected for the national PHC Facilities
Survey 2003. As with preceding surveys, this survey seeks to draw conclusions
about equity in PHC service provision by means of quantitative description of the
services and required resources in a sample of PHC facilities. It is intended that
these periodic surveys of PHC facilities will help to promote the use of information in
planning and management of services. The survey provides health managers with
information that allows them to decide on priority interventions and assists them to
appropriately target areas where intervention is most required. |
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Background and methodology
The public health sector is the main provider of primary health care (PHC) services in
South Africa. It is important that these services are provided in an equitable, effective
and efficient manner. Good information and data are essential in making such an
assessment. The 2003 PHC Facility Survey (like earlier surveys undertaken in 1997,
1998 and 2000) contributes to this endeavour by describing the status of South
Africas PHC services. This |
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