Publications by authors named "G S Fehrsen"
Objectives: To describe the spectrum of procedures performed by general medical officers in South African rural hospitals, and the attitudinal issues associated with these tasks.
Design: A descriptive study combining quantitative and qualitative methods: a quantitative audit of operating theatre records of 15 rural hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal and 4 rural hospitals in Northern Province, and a qualitative analysis of 8 focus group discussions in which rural hospital doctors discussed their procedural work.
Outcome Measures: Quantitative results included patient age, type of anaesthetic, type of procedure, and whether a separate anaesthetist was present or not for each recorded procedure performed in the operating theatre.
Objectives: To describe the pattern of prescribing for hypertension at a community health centre (CHC) and to evaluate the impact of introducing treatment guidelines and restricting availability of less cost-effective antihypertensive drugs on prescribing patterns, costs of drug treatment and blood pressure (BP) control.
Design: Before/after intervention study.
Setting: Medium-sized CHC in the Cape Flats area of Cape Town.
Objectives: To describe the demographic profile of hypertensive patients and the quality of care for hypertension at a Cape Town community health centre (CHC).
Design: Prospective, descriptive study.
Setting And Subjects: Medium-sized CHC, attended by 1,098 hypertensive patients during a 1-year period from 1 January 1992.