Towards a needs-based design of the physical rehabilitation workforce in South Africa: trend analysis [1990–2017] and a 5-year forecasting for the most impactful health conditions based on global burden of disease estimates

• Authors: Quinette Louw, Karen Grimmer, Karina Berner, Thandi Conradie, Diribsa Tsegaye Bedada, Tiago Silva Jesus
• Publication Year: 2021
• Journal: BMC Public Health, vol 21, art 913
• Link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-10962-y

ABSTRACT ‘Background:’ Rehabilitation can improve function in many people with chronic health conditions. It is important to consider priority conditions requiring rehabilitation, so it can be realistically positioned and costed in national health financing systems like South Africa (SA)‘s proposed National Health Insurance (NHI). This paper describes temporal trends of top-ranked conditions on years lived […]
Read More