PSY455: Current South African health policy proposes the integration of primary healthcare chronic services for better outcomes: Qualitative Research Case Study, SUSS, Singapore

Current South African health policy proposes the integration of primary healthcare chronic services for better outcomes for chronic conditions. However, there is little data on how patients with chronic multi-morbidities (i.e. multiple chronic health conditions) experience health services, and what their perceived needs are so that the management of their conditions can be enhanced. In this study,

HIV and Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) multi-morbidity was used to illustrate the complexities faced in the effective management of the conditions by patients. HIV and T2D are the top two causes of mortality in Western Cape Province. A mix of phenomenology and grounded theory underpinned the study.