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Line item expenditure as percentage of recurrent health expenditure

DefinitionPercentage of health expenditure on each category of item, e.g. medicines, personnel.
Excludes capital expenditure.
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Indicator Type: -> Health Services -> Health Financing

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ECFSGPKZNLPMPNCNWWCZA
Line item expenditure as percentage of recurrent health expenditure [Definition]
1998 Private hosp---------[1] 28.5
1998 Private med NHA---------[2] 29.1
1998 Private medicine---------[3] 36.6
1998 Private personnel---------[4] 42.6
1998 Public medicine8.711.315.111.96.66.212.911.813.1[5] 11.7
1998 Public personnel68.970.965.077.781.175.860.174.470.2[6] 71.7
1999 Private hosp---------[7] 29.2
1999 Private med disp---------[8] 26.7
1999 Private medicine---------[9] 36.2
1999 Private personnel---------[10] 53.0
2000 Private hosp---------[11] 30.4
2000 Private med disp---------[12] 26.9
2000 Private medicine---------[13] 37.9
2000 Private personnel---------[14] 50.7
2001 Private hosp---------[15] 28.2
2001 Private medicine---------[16] 37.0
EC: Eastern Cape  FS: Free State  GP: Gauteng  KZN: KwaZulu-Natal  LP: Limpopo  MP: Mpumalanga  NC: Northern Cape  NW: North West  WC: Western Cape  ZA: South Africa  

Notes and References

  1. Medical Schemes 1999: Report of the Registrar of Medical Schemes 1999. Pretoria: Council for Medical Schemes; 2000. http://www.medicalschemes.com
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/MedicalSchemes/medicalschemes_1999.pdf
    Includes ward and theatre fees, global per diem fees, hospital medicines and consumables.
  2. National Health Accounts Private 2001: Cornell J, Goudge J, McIntyre D, Mbatsha S. National Health Accounts. The Private Sector Report. Pretoria: Department of Health; March 2001.
    Local copy: -
    Percentage of total benefits attributable to medicine (including hospital medicine) for all medical schemes. Table 4.30 pg 52.
  3. Medical Schemes 1999: Report of the Registrar of Medical Schemes 1999. Pretoria: Council for Medical Schemes; 2000. http://www.medicalschemes.com
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/MedicalSchemes/medicalschemes_1999.pdf
    Includes medicines and medical consumables, issued by hospitals, pharmacies and dispensing practitioners.
  4. Medical Schemes 1999: Report of the Registrar of Medical Schemes 1999. Pretoria: Council for Medical Schemes; 2000. http://www.medicalschemes.com
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/MedicalSchemes/medicalschemes_1999.pdf
    Personnel for private sector data is defined as the total of all professional fees paid to all categories of health personnel (including medical, dental, support and allied).
  5. National Health Accounts Public 2000: Thomas S, Muirhead D. National Health Accounts Project: The Public Sector Report. Pretoria: Department of Health; November 2000.
    Local copy: -
    Calculated from Line Item expenditures divided by total recurrent expenditure in each province (Table A7). Medicine expenditure includes medicines and vaccines, and other medical consumables.
  6. National Health Accounts Public 2000: Thomas S, Muirhead D. National Health Accounts Project: The Public Sector Report. Pretoria: Department of Health; November 2000.
    Local copy: -
    Calculated from Line Item expenditures divided by total recurrent expenditure in each province (Table A7). Personnel expenditure includes direct personnel costs (i.e. Provincial DOH employees) and other personnel costs (e.g. professional fees paid to district surgeons).
  7. Medical Schemes 2000: Report of the Registrar of Medical Schemes 2000. Pretoria: Council for Medical Schemes; 2002. http://www.medicalschemes.com
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/MedicalSchemes/medicalschemes_2000.pdf
    Includes ward and theatre fees, global per diem fees, hospital medicines and consumables.
  8. Medical Schemes 2000: Report of the Registrar of Medical Schemes 2000. Pretoria: Council for Medical Schemes; 2002. http://www.medicalschemes.com
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/MedicalSchemes/medicalschemes_2000.pdf
    Includes medicines issued by pharmacies and dispensing practitioners.
  9. Medical Schemes 2000: Report of the Registrar of Medical Schemes 2000. Pretoria: Council for Medical Schemes; 2002. http://www.medicalschemes.com
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/MedicalSchemes/medicalschemes_2000.pdf
    Includes medicines and medical consumables, issued by hospitals, pharmacies and dispensing practitioners.
  10. Medical Schemes 2000: Report of the Registrar of Medical Schemes 2000. Pretoria: Council for Medical Schemes; 2002. http://www.medicalschemes.com
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/MedicalSchemes/medicalschemes_2000.pdf
    Personnel for private sector data is defined as the total of all professional fees paid to all categories of health personnel (including medical, dental, support and allied).
  11. Medical Schemes 2000: Report of the Registrar of Medical Schemes 2000. Pretoria: Council for Medical Schemes; 2002. http://www.medicalschemes.com
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/MedicalSchemes/medicalschemes_2000.pdf
    Includes ward and theatre fees, global per diem fees, hospital medicines and consumables.
  12. Medical Schemes 2000: Report of the Registrar of Medical Schemes 2000. Pretoria: Council for Medical Schemes; 2002. http://www.medicalschemes.com
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/MedicalSchemes/medicalschemes_2000.pdf
    Includes medicines issued by pharmacies and dispensing practitioners.
  13. Medical Schemes 2000: Report of the Registrar of Medical Schemes 2000. Pretoria: Council for Medical Schemes; 2002. http://www.medicalschemes.com
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/MedicalSchemes/medicalschemes_2000.pdf
    Includes medicines and medical consumables, issued by hospitals, pharmacies and dispensing practitioners.
  14. Medical Schemes 2000: Report of the Registrar of Medical Schemes 2000. Pretoria: Council for Medical Schemes; 2002. http://www.medicalschemes.com
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/MedicalSchemes/medicalschemes_2000.pdf
    Personnel for private sector data is defined as the total of all professional fees paid to all categories of health personnel (including medical, dental, support and allied).
  15. Medical Schemes 2001: Annual report of the Registrar of Medical Schemes 2001. Pretoria: Council for Medical Schemes; 2002. http://www.medicalschemes.com/ ISBN: 0-621-33457-X
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/MedicalSchemes/medicalschemes_2001.pdf
    Includes ward and theatre fees, global per diem fees, hospital medicines and consumables.
  16. Medical Schemes 2001: Annual report of the Registrar of Medical Schemes 2001. Pretoria: Council for Medical Schemes; 2002. http://www.medicalschemes.com/ ISBN: 0-621-33457-X
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/MedicalSchemes/medicalschemes_2001.pdf
    Includes medicines and medical consumables, issued by hospitals, pharmacies and dispensing practitioners.
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