As of 2021, total hospital expenses contributed the most to out-of-pocket payments incurred by members of medical schemes in South Africa, with an outlay of around 1.57 billion South African rand (84.59 million U.S. dollars). However, dentists constituted the largest proportion of expenditure paid from medical savings accounts (MSAs), with 1.55 billion South African rand (approximately 83.51 million U.S. dollars).
Out-of-pocket medical scheme payments in South Africa in 2021, by discipline
(in South African million rand)
The source states the following: "This is an understatement of the true out-of-pocket payments that members incur as it is likely that medical schemes do not fully capture and submit all costs associated with seeking healthcare."
MSA stands for medical savings accounts.
Conversion as of 8/3/2023: one dollar = 18.56 rand.
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Council for Medical Schemes. (July 21, 2023). Out-of-pocket medical scheme payments in South Africa in 2021, by discipline (in South African million rand) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1403309/out-of-pocket-medical-scheme-payments-in-south-africa-by-discipline/
Council for Medical Schemes. "Out-of-pocket medical scheme payments in South Africa in 2021, by discipline (in South African million rand)." Chart. July 21, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1403309/out-of-pocket-medical-scheme-payments-in-south-africa-by-discipline/
Council for Medical Schemes. (2023). Out-of-pocket medical scheme payments in South Africa in 2021, by discipline (in South African million rand). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1403309/out-of-pocket-medical-scheme-payments-in-south-africa-by-discipline/
Council for Medical Schemes. "Out-of-pocket Medical Scheme Payments in South Africa in 2021, by Discipline (in South African Million Rand)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1403309/out-of-pocket-medical-scheme-payments-in-south-africa-by-discipline/
Council for Medical Schemes, Out-of-pocket medical scheme payments in South Africa in 2021, by discipline (in South African million rand) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1403309/out-of-pocket-medical-scheme-payments-in-south-africa-by-discipline/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Out-of-pocket medical scheme payments in South Africa in 2021, by discipline (in South African million rand) [Graph], Council for Medical Schemes, July 21, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1403309/out-of-pocket-medical-scheme-payments-in-south-africa-by-discipline/
