WHO’s ‘flawed’ claims of sick hospital prices dissected
By Katharine Child, 31 August 2016, timeslive Netcare claims regulating private prices as suggested by a World Health Organisation (WHO) report will devastate South Africa’s private hospital sector. The company said this in a presentation at a session of the Competition Commission’s healthcare market inquiry on a study by WHO and the Organisation for Economic […]
DoH finalising a draft set of NHI ‘financing scenarios’
Weekly roundup, 31 August 2016, medicalbrief.co.za. A draft set of National Health Insurance (NHI) ‘financing scenarios’ is expected to be ready for provincial health MECs in October, according to Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi. Responding to a question from DA MP Wilmot James, the Minister said that – in finalising government policy on universal health care […]