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Table 5 Tone towards NHI from the media texts collected

From: A discourse and content analysis of representation in the mainstream media of the South African National Health Insurance policy from 2011 to 2019

 

Green Paper (n = 151)

White Paper 1 (n = 26)

White Paper 2 (n = 40)

Draft Bill (n = 166)

Bill (n = 203)

Positive

32 (21.2%)

4 (15.4%)

9 (22.5%)

45 (27.1%)

35 (17.2%)

Unclear

61 (40.4%)

18 (69.2%)

19 (47.5%)

56 (33.7%)

65 (32.0%)

Negative

58 (38.4%)

4 (15.4%)

12 (30.0%)

65 (39.2%)

103 (50.7%)