Views of health care services consumers in rural communities on provision of health care in KwaZulu- Natal Province

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dc.contributor.advisorZungu, B.M.
dc.contributor.authorDlamini, Nokuthula Joy
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-01T11:04:12Z
dc.date.available2011-09-01T11:04:12Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.descriptionSubmitted in fulfillment of the requirements of Doctor in Philosophy in the Department of Nursing Science at the University of Zululand, 2004.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe main aim of this study was to determine the views of health care services consumers on the provision of health care in rural areas. It also aimed at highlighting challenges that faced health care service managers about rural health care service delivery. The study was undertaken in six (6) health districts in KwaZulu-Natal Province. A qualitative and quantitative descriptive survey was conducted. From six (6) health districts selected, six rural hospitals were selected, and out of each hospital two rural clinics were sampled. Twelve rural clinics were selected, and from each clinic twenty five (25) respondents were selected. The total sample consisted of three hundred (300) respondents. The study revealed that people living in rural areas are still faced with a problem of inaccessibility and unaffordability of health care services. It was evident that rural clinics still experience shortage of nurses and doctors, and that health care services in rural areas are still faced with problems of lack of material resources, lack of electricity, insufficient water supply, absence of emergency services, absence of night health care services and inadequate obstetric health services. Poverty, lack of transport and inaccessibility of health care services are still a major problem in rural communities. Recommendations based on the findings of the study highlighted the need for health care authorities, health care planners and managers to focus more on equitable distribution of human and material resources.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Zululanden_US
dc.identifier.other304826
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10530/849
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectRural nursing--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natal--Evaluationen_US
dc.subjecten_US
dc.subjectHealth care services accessibility--South Africa--KwaZulu-Natalen_US
dc.subjectConsumer satisfactionen_US
dc.subjectOutcome assessment (Medical care)en_US
dc.titleViews of health care services consumers in rural communities on provision of health care in KwaZulu- Natal Provinceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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