The Day Hospitals Organization.
The first 10 years of a primary health service in the Cape Peninsula are reviewed. The importance of primary care and self-care with regard to health resources is stressed. For such a service to be effective and co-ordinated with hospital specialist services requires the input of specialist expertise, which is timely but not timeless. The results of such paediatric and obstetric specialist input and the "bait" of care for current illness to involve patients in preventive and self-care measures are shown.
D003631:Day Care, Medical / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012040:Regional Health Planning; D013019:South Africa