Occasional Note – Medical Expenditure on Private Hospitals
Over the past decade, medical scheme expenditure for various services has been increasing consistently. However, medical scheme expenditure on private hospitals has been growing faster than expenditure on other services. This has erroneously and simplistically been attributed only to price increases of hospital services. The aim of this Econex study is to provide a better […]
Funding the NHI – Earmarked Tax
In this study, Econex investigates the proposed funding of the additional expenditure required for a National Health Insurance (NHI) system with an earmarked tax. Since it would represent only a small proportion of the NHI budget, Econex finds that it does not seem to support the main rationale proposed in the discussion document. There does […]
Private Voluntary Health Insurance under NHI
In this research paper, Econex explores the possible future role of private voluntary health insurance in South Africa (SA) under the proposed system of National Health Insurance (NHI). DOWNLOAD PDF