Topic > National Health Insurance Benefits in South Africa

These benefit packages describe different types of services offered in a specific category and are organized into different levels of public assistance services. These benefit packages are also useful in identifying barriers to achieving equity and accessibility and then addressing these barriers by planning definitive strategies to promote the global distribution of health services programs. These definitive strategies include financial resources, measures for better accessibility, timely referrals or feedback from patients in different healthcare facilities. With standards established based on these benefit packages, the National Department of Health may be able to measure program objectives and compare the performance of different levels of care within structures such as provincial, district, national.