Health inequalities and the poor: disadvantaged in every way

As South Africa embarks on the implementation of NHI to achieve UHC, monitoring inequalities in the health system is of paramount importance. This policy brief provides an outline of the extent of socioeconomic inequality in various dimensions of access to healthcare, using the 2012 South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

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Human Science Research Council SA
Published
2026-05-23
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14749/32381568
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Global Maternal and Child Health
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Health inequalities and the poor: disadvantaged in every way

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Global Maternal and Child Health
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Health inequalities and the poor: disadvantaged in every way

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Abstract

As South Africa embarks on the implementation of NHI to achieve UHC, monitoring inequalities in the health system is of paramount importance. This policy brief provides an outline of the extent of socioeconomic inequality in various dimensions of access to healthcare, using the 2012 South African National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

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