Raap, Peter JohnGovender, Krishnavelli Marla2017-11-152017-11-152000http://hdl.handle.net/10321/2753Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Masters of Technology Degree: Marketing, Technikon Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2000.Managed care is defined by Chetty (1999: 1) as "the practice of evidence based medicine with an approach to managing both the quality and cost of medical care". Managed care was introduced into South Africa in the last decade due to increasing cost of healthcare. All forms of managed care represent attempts to control costs by modifying the behaviour of general practitioners.72 penMedical careManagementThe South African managed healthcare system and the general practitionerThesishttps://doi.org/10.51415/10321/2753