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The Influence of Racial Differences in the Demand for Healthcare in South Africa: A Case of Public Healthcare
The study sought to analyse the influence of racial differences in the demand for public healthcare in South Africa, using the 2018 General Household Survey (GHS) data. This was completed to understand if race still plays a role in access to healthcare in post-apartheid South Africa. Logistic regres...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7400579/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32674256 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17145043 |
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author | Mhlanga, David Garidzirai, Rufaro |
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description | The study sought to analyse the influence of racial differences in the demand for public healthcare in South Africa, using the 2018 General Household Survey (GHS) data. This was completed to understand if race still plays a role in access to healthcare in post-apartheid South Africa. Logistic regression analysis revealed that race significantly explained the variance in demand for public healthcare, with White populations having the lowest probability of demand for public healthcare compared to other races. Consequently, the study noted that racial differences still play a critical role in affording one access to healthcare after assessing the situation obtaining in public healthcare. Therefore, the study recommends that the government of South Africa should create policies that encourage equal access to basic services in addressing racial inequality in the country. |
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spelling | pubmed-74005792020-08-07 The Influence of Racial Differences in the Demand for Healthcare in South Africa: A Case of Public Healthcare Mhlanga, David Garidzirai, Rufaro Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The study sought to analyse the influence of racial differences in the demand for public healthcare in South Africa, using the 2018 General Household Survey (GHS) data. This was completed to understand if race still plays a role in access to healthcare in post-apartheid South Africa. Logistic regression analysis revealed that race significantly explained the variance in demand for public healthcare, with White populations having the lowest probability of demand for public healthcare compared to other races. Consequently, the study noted that racial differences still play a critical role in affording one access to healthcare after assessing the situation obtaining in public healthcare. Therefore, the study recommends that the government of South Africa should create policies that encourage equal access to basic services in addressing racial inequality in the country. MDPI 2020-07-14 2020-07 /pmc/articles/PMC7400579/ /pubmed/32674256 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17145043 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Mhlanga, David Garidzirai, Rufaro The Influence of Racial Differences in the Demand for Healthcare in South Africa: A Case of Public Healthcare |
title | The Influence of Racial Differences in the Demand for Healthcare in South Africa: A Case of Public Healthcare |
title_full | The Influence of Racial Differences in the Demand for Healthcare in South Africa: A Case of Public Healthcare |
title_fullStr | The Influence of Racial Differences in the Demand for Healthcare in South Africa: A Case of Public Healthcare |
title_full_unstemmed | The Influence of Racial Differences in the Demand for Healthcare in South Africa: A Case of Public Healthcare |
title_short | The Influence of Racial Differences in the Demand for Healthcare in South Africa: A Case of Public Healthcare |
title_sort | influence of racial differences in the demand for healthcare in south africa: a case of public healthcare |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7400579/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32674256 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17145043 |
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