- Title
- Perceptions of Role Players in the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Sector in South Africa Regarding the Proposal of a National Health Insurance System
- Creator
- Essex, Laycan
- Subject
- Pharmaceutical industry -- South Africa
- Subject
- National Health Insurance
- Date Issued
- 2022-04
- Date
- 2022-04
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/58849
- Identifier
- vital:60218
- Description
- The proposed implementation of National Health Insurance (NHI) is attracting considerable interest among healthcare workers, as observed in the large quantity of available literary evidence. The available research is mainly focused on the perceptions of healthcare workers, working under the proposed NHI reform. Based on a literature gap observed in recently published articles on perceptions of healthcare professionals regarding the implementation of NHI, the researcher aimed to assess the opinions of key stakeholders in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector in South Africa. This study employed a qualitative approach, using semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders employed in the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector. Their perceptions regarding the NHI were analysed and interpreted through thematic analysis in order to determine whether they have a positive or a negative perception towards the introduction of the NHI reform in South Africa. The majority of role players are in full support of NHI and there was a consensus amongst the participants that there will be great opportunities for the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector. Regarding the capabilities relating to capacity to supply, participants felt that South Africa’s pharmaceutical manufacturing sector has sufficient infrastructure to support the roll out of the NHI. Furthermore, participants felt positive about increased accessibility to pharmaceutical care by all South Africans, regardless of race, social and economic status.
- Description
- Thesis (MA) -- Faculty of Health Sciences, 2022
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (137 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
- Rights
- All Rights Reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
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