The perceived impact of family physicians on the district health system in South Africa: a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence from first world contexts support the notion that strong primary health care teams contain family physicians (FPs). African leaders are looking for evidence from their own context. The roles and scope of practice of FPs are also contextually defined. The South African family medicine discipline has agreed on six roles. These roles were incorporated into a family physician impact assessment tool, previously validated in the Western Cape Province.

Methods

A cross-sectional study design was used to assess the perceived impact of family physicians across seven South African provinces. All FPs working in the district health system (DHS) of these seven provinces were invited to participate. Sixteen respondents (including the FP) per enrolled FP were asked to co

SUBMITTER: von Pressentin KB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5800021 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature