Equity of Health Sector Revenue Generation and Allocation: A South African Case Study

摘要

This report is a case study of the Partnerships for Health Reform Project's empirical work on equity in health care financing in South Africa. The study uses government-supplied data on health spending and household survey information to analyze private and public sector health care delivery. This paper will contribute to the larger equity study which will provide more in-depth analysis. Section 2 of the paper presents an overview of the health sector in South Africa; Section 3 provides basic information on government health care financing in the country; Section 4 describes the household survey used in the analysis; and Section 5 presents the results and implications for policy.