Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Education, Management and Social Science (ICEMSS-13)

Factors Influencing the Selection of a General Practitioner in South Africa

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Richard Shambare
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Richard Shambare
Available Online August 2013.
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10.2991/icemss.2013.62How to use a DOI?
Keywords
doctor, GP, South Africa
Abstract

This study investigates factors influencing the choice of a primary health care doctor (PCD) in South Africa. Healthcare is important such that consumers embark on considerable effort when choosing a GP. While it is widely believed that patients’ decisions to use a specific PCD is influenced by factors including consultation fees, medical aid accepted, geographic proximity, and third-party referrals, these claims largely remain largely unverified and untested. A PCD choice scale was administered to a sample of 205 healthcare consumers. Results suggest referrals of GP as being important.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Education, Management and Social Science (ICEMSS-13)
Series
Advances in Intelligent Systems Research
Publication Date
August 2013
ISBN
10.2991/icemss.2013.62
ISSN
1951-6851
DOI
10.2991/icemss.2013.62How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2013, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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