South African Medical Journal
Journal / South African Medical Journal / Vol. 78 No. 8 (1990) / Articles

 

Editorials

119-120

Trends in the distribution of South African health care expenditure

125-129

The impact of the fee-for-service reimbursement system on the utilisation of health services: Part I. A review of the determinants of doctors' practice patterns

130-132

The impact of the fee-for-service reimbursement system on the utilisation of health services: Part II. Comparison of utilisation patterns in medical aid schemes and a local health maintenance organisation

133-136

The impact of the fee-for-service reimbursement system on the utilisation of health services: Part III. A comparison of caesarean section rates in white nulliparous women in the private and public sectors

136-138

The private health sector in South Africa - current trends and future developments

139-143

Financing health care for all - is national health insurance the first step?

144-147

The maximum medical aid price programme: A review of the concept and of its ability to reduce expenditure on medicines

147-151

Containing medicines costs in the private sector - the example of a medical benefit scheme

152-154

Containing costs in public sector hospitals - a strategy for the future. Lessons from a large teaching hospital

154-157

A comparison of prescribing patterns and consequent costs at Alexandra Health Centre and in private fee-for-service medical aid sector

158-160

Reducing health care costs - potential and limitations of local authority health services

161-164

Book Reviews

176

Editorials

177-179

Mechanisms and management of heart failure in active rheumatic carditis

181-186

Efficacy of various single-dose regimens of ceftriaxone in uncomplicated acute gonococcal urethritis in adult males

187-189

A microbiological study therapy for gonococcal of failed urethritis penicillin in Durban

189-191

A prospective amikacin in a study of long-term use of paediatrics department: Indications, administration, side-effects, bacterial isolates and resistance

192-195

Ten-year observation of peptic ulceration at Ga-Rankuwa Hospital, Pretoria - 1979 - 1988

196-199

Stroke outcome in the absence of a structured rehabilitation programme

200-202

In vitro fertilisation when normal sperm morphology is less than fifteen per cent: Results of in vitro fertilisation and embryo transfer at H. F. Verwoerd Hospital, Pretoria

203-204

Mortality of mentally handicapped patients after mass inter-hospital relocation

205-206

Electron microscopic analysis of the specific granule content of human atria: An investigation of the role of atrial pressure and atrial rhythm in the release of atrial natriuretic peptide

207-211

The vulnerable, rapidly growing thoracic spine of the adolescent

211-213

Pure red-cell aplasia associated with carbamazepine: A case report

214-215

Herhalende akute polihidramnios en indometasienbehandeling: 'n Gevalbespreking

215-216

Book Reviews

224-226

Erratum