ArticleSouth African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care2022
The contribution of family physicians to district health services in South Africa: A national position paper by the South African Academy of Family Physicians.
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Abstract
The purpose of this position paper by the South African Academy of Family Physicians (SAAFPs) is to inform decision making on human resources for health policy in South Africa and the placement of family physicians (FPs) in the district health system. National policies have been marred by misunderstanding of the roles and contribution of FPs; and there is unhelpful variability in how FPs are positioned in the health services between provinces. In the private sector, medical aid schemes have discriminated against FPs by failing to remunerate them as specialists and to recognise their scope of practice.
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