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Ratio of private to public sector per capita health expenditure

DefinitionTotal private per capita expenditure divided by total public sector per capita expenditure.
Public health sector expenditure is divided by the population covered (public sector dependent population)
Private sector is total medical scheme expenditure divided by number of beneficiaries.

Where expressed as a single figure, is private/public per capita expenditure. i.e. for 2002/03 private expenditure per person is about 7.1 times higher than public sector expenditure per person.
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Indicator Type: -> Health Services -> Health Financing

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ECFSGPKZNLPMPNCNWWCZA
Ratio of private to public sector per capita health expenditure [Definition]
1997 /98---------[1] 4.5
1998 /99---------[2] 5.3
1999 /00---------[3] 6.1
2000 /01---------[4] 6.1
2001 /02---------[5] 6.6
2002 /03---------[6] 7.1
2005 /06---------[7] 5.7
2006 /07---------[8] 5.5
2007 /08---------[9] 5.3
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. SAHR 2003/04 Ch20: Blecher M, Thomas S. Health care financing. In: Ijumba P, Day C, Ntuli A, editors. South African Health Review 2003/04. Durban: Health Systems Trust; 2004. http://www.hst.org.za/publications/423
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/
  2. SAHR 2003/04 Ch20: Blecher M, Thomas S. Health care financing. In: Ijumba P, Day C, Ntuli A, editors. South African Health Review 2003/04. Durban: Health Systems Trust; 2004. http://www.hst.org.za/publications/423
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/
  3. SAHR 2003/04 Ch20: Blecher M, Thomas S. Health care financing. In: Ijumba P, Day C, Ntuli A, editors. South African Health Review 2003/04. Durban: Health Systems Trust; 2004. http://www.hst.org.za/publications/423
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/
  4. SAHR 2003/04 Ch20: Blecher M, Thomas S. Health care financing. In: Ijumba P, Day C, Ntuli A, editors. South African Health Review 2003/04. Durban: Health Systems Trust; 2004. http://www.hst.org.za/publications/423
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/
  5. SAHR 2003/04 Ch20: Blecher M, Thomas S. Health care financing. In: Ijumba P, Day C, Ntuli A, editors. South African Health Review 2003/04. Durban: Health Systems Trust; 2004. http://www.hst.org.za/publications/423
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/
  6. SAHR 2003/04 Ch20: Blecher M, Thomas S. Health care financing. In: Ijumba P, Day C, Ntuli A, editors. South African Health Review 2003/04. Durban: Health Systems Trust; 2004. http://www.hst.org.za/publications/423
    Local copy: http://www.hst.org.za/indicators/
  7. Calculated from data (National Treasury - Fiscal Review 2007 and Medical Schemes data on private expenditure).
  8. Calculated from data (National Treasury - Fiscal Review 2007 and Medical Schemes data on private expenditure).
  9. Calculated from data (National Treasury - Fiscal Review 2007 and Medical Schemes data on private expenditure).
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