Analysis of Medical Scheme Statutory Returns and Council for Medical Scheme Annual Reports over Time
The Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) routinely collects summarised data from medical schemes through the mechanisms of Statutory Returns. The CMS collates this information and publishes the results in the form of an annual report. The collated industry data is relied upon heavily by industry stakeholders, regulators and market commentators. It is therefore critical that […]
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 […]