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ArticleBMJ open2020

Achieving universal health coverage for people with stroke in South Africa: protocol for a scoping review.

Sjan-Mari van Niekerk, Gakeemah Inglis-Jassiem, Sureshkumar Kamalakannan, Silke Fernandes, Jayne Webster, Rene English, Tracey Smythe, Q A Louw

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Article in BMJ open, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Stroke characteristics and outcomes in urban Tanzania: Data from the Prospective Lake Zone Stroke Registry.International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society · 2024
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  3. Clinical outcomes associated with speech, language and swallowing difficulties post-stroke.The South African journal of communication disorders = Die Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir Kommunikasieafwykings · 2023
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Authors and funding

8 authors.

Sjan-Mari van NiekerkDivision of Physiotherapy, Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa smbrown@sun.ac.za.
Gakeemah Inglis-JassiemDivision of Physiotherapy, Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
Sureshkumar KamalakannanSACDIR, Public Health Foundation of India, Gurgaon, India.ORCID 0000-0003-4407-7838
Silke FernandesDepartment of Global Health and Development, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Jayne WebsterDepartment of Disease Control, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
Rene EnglishDivision of Health Systems and Public Health, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, London, UK.
Tracey SmytheInternational Center for Evidence in Disability, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3408-7362
Q A LouwDivision of Physiotherapy, Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionStroke is the second most common cause of death after HIV/AIDS and a significant health burden in South Africa. The extent to which universal health coverage (UHC) is achieved for people with stroke in South Africa is unknown. Therefore, a scoping review to explore the opportunities and challenges within the South African health system to facilitate the achievement of UHC for people with stroke is warranted. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: The scoping review will follow the approach recommended by Levac, Colquhoun and O'Brien, which includes five steps: (1) identifying the research question, (2) identifying relevant studies, (3) selecting the studies, (4) charting the data, and (5) collating, summarising and reporting the results. Health Systems Dynamics Framework and WHO Framework on integrated people-centred health services will be used to map, synthesise and analyse data thematically. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethical approval is not required for this scoping review, as it will only include published and publicly available data. The findings of this review will be published in an open-access, peer-reviewed journal and we will develop an accessible summary of the results for website posting and stakeholder meetings.

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StrokeUniversal Health InsuranceGovernment ProgramsHumansMedical AssistanceScoping Reviews as TopicSouth Africahealth policyhealth systempublic healthstrokeuniversal health coverage

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PMID33046479
PMCPMC7552861

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