Budget appropriations are checked by eight programme areas (administration, district health services, emergency health services, provincial hospital services, central hospital services, health sciences and training, health care support services, health facilities management) and then line items (broad economic classifications for current payments are compensation of employees, goods and services, interest and rent on land). There are also more frequent (monthly and quarterly) e-monitoring by National Treasury to check that money has been spent as programmed. The purpose of these meetings is to check that funds have been received on time and spent as planned in the budget.