03.02.03.01. Is there any data on the proportion of the population incurring in out-of-pocket expenditure when purchasing long-term care services? | South Africa

03.02.03.01. Is there any data on the proportion of the population incurring in out-of-pocket expenditure when purchasing long-term care services? | South Africa

13 Aug 2022

There are no data found on the OOP payments for specifically LTC. However, analysis of OOP payments by medical aid schemes in South Africa (in general) revealed that for the 2013 financial year, 8.8 million people covered by a medical aid scheme spent R12.2 billion, of which 12% was on managed care, 25% on medicine, 33% on specialists, and 11% on support health professionals (Council for Medical Schemes, 2015).

References:

Council for Medical Schemes. (2015). Out of pocket payments by medical scheme members: research and monitoring (Issue February). Available from:  http://www.medicalschemes.com/files/Research Briefs/RBOPPStudy2013.pdf