Charting a preferred future for healthcare in South Africa

The research report provides a comprehensive analysis of the South African healthcare sector, highlighting the need for a unified approach to address critical issues. It proposes a scenario planning exercise to envision a preferred future for healthcare and suggests systems thinking and causal layered analysis as tools to understand and solve systemic problems.

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The research method involved an environmental scan, a review of economic forecasts, and an examination of scenario planning, systems thinking, and causal layered analysis literature. It also included planning for a scenario exercise, identifying key participants, and considering the implications of the findings.

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The report outlines the current state of South Africa's healthcare system, detailing challenges such as the exodus of healthcare professionals, the burden of diseases like HIV/AIDS, and the struggle to provide affordable care. It reviews economic forecasts, demographic trends, and interventions in healthcare over the past 20 years. The report also introduces scenario planning, systems thinking, and causal layered analysis as methodologies to address the complex issues facing the healthcare sector.

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Categories: English publication language | South Africa geographic scope | causal layered analysis | causal layered analysis; environmental scan; healthcare; south africa; anglo american scenarios; nedcor/old mutual scenarios; montfleur scenarios; dinokeng | demographic trends | disease burden | economic forecasts | futures | healthcare affordability | healthcare system | policy interventions | professional exodus | scenario planning | scenario planning; systems thinking | systems thinking