Medical Aid Funding in South Africa 2014
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R 1 900.00(ZAR) estimated $ 120.93 (USD)*
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The climate of regulatory uncertainty has been cited by stakeholders as a major challenge facing the sector...
Description
This report focuses on a vital pillar of South Africa's private healthcare sector, the South African medical aid funding industry. The sector, which currently comprises 85 registered medical schemes, serves 8,776,279 beneficiaries. In 2013, medical scheme membership contributions totalled R129.8bn, while medical schemes' healthcare expenditure amounted to R112.9bn.
Table of Contents
| PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. | INTRODUCTION | 1 |
| 2. | DESCRIPTION OF THE INDUSTRY | 1 |
| 2.1. | Industry Supply Chain | 2 |
| 2.2. | Geographic Position | 3 |
| 3. | SIZE OF THE INDUSTRY | 4 |
| 4. | STATE OF THE INDUSTRY | 7 |
| 4.1. | Local | 7 |
| 4.1.1. | Corporate Actions | 9 |
| 4.1.2. | Regulations & Government Programmes | 10 |
| 4.1.3. | Enterprise Development and Social Economic Development | 12 |
| 4.2. | Continental | 13 |
| 4.3. | International | 14 |
| 5. | INFLUENCING FACTORS | 15 |
| 5.1. | Government Intervention | 15 |
| 5.2. | Economic Environment | 16 |
| 5.3. | Rising Input Costs | 16 |
| 5.4. | Commercial Health Insurance | 17 |
| 5.5. | Managed Health Care | 18 |
| 5.6. | Information Technology and Technology | 18 |
| 5.7. | Implementation of NHI | 19 |
| 5.8. | Labour | 20 |
| 5.9. | Environmental Concerns | 21 |
| 6. | COMPETITION | 21 |
| 6.1. | Barriers to Entry | 22 |
| 6.2. | Research and Development (R&D) and Innovation | 23 |
| 7. | SWOT ANALYSIS | 23 |
| 8. | OUTLOOK | 24 |
| 9. | INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS | 24 |
| 10. | REFERENCES | 25 |
| 10.1. | Publications | 25 |
| 10.2. | Websites | 25 |
| APPENDIX 1 | 26 | |
| Registered Medical Schemes | 26 |
