title: Eastern Cape health bail-out set to 'fall short' - analyst.
abstract: Only time - and new senior management intervention - will tell whether the Eastern Cape health department's financial rescue package will fully honour its R1.6 billion accumulated debt, including Occupation Specific Dispensation (OSD) pay hikes.
authors.affiliation: HMPG. chrisb@hmpg.co.za
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bateman
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D002322:Career Mobility; D006801:Humans; D012041:Regional Medical Programs / Q000191:economics*; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D013019:South Africa