| Definition | This is an adjustment of the total population to the number assumed to be dependent on services in the public health sector based on medical scheme (health insurance) coverage. It is calculated by subtracting the number of people with medical scheme cover (determined from medical scheme membership reports, or surveys indicating percentage of population on medical schemes) from the total population. |
| Reference | Van Rensburg D, van Rensburg N. Distribution of human resources. In: Crisp N, Ntuli A, editors. South African Health Review 1999. Durban: Health Systems Trust; 1999. |
| Ref. URL | http://www.hst.org.za/publications/216 |
| Details | More information in Chapter 13, South African Health Review 1998. While the CMS data is more reliable at national level, the quality of the provincial breakdown is untested. The GHS may thus provide a better provincial breakdown, but in some years the survey estimates have deviated substantially from the CMS data. Further information is provided in the section on health financing and in NHI Policy Brief 2: Expanding Health Insurance Coverage. http://www.imsa.org.za/national_health_insurance.html |
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