BizCommunity - 22 Nov 2022
Covid-19 has had an immense impact on the private healthcare industry globally which will have massive implications for universal healthcare.
In his presentation given at the Hospital Association of South Africa's annual conference held at Century City, Discovery's chief commercial officer, Ronald Whelan, highlighted how long-Covid has driven a significant structural shift in disease burden and healthcare expenditure over the last five years.
His presentation was titled A clinical perspective on the pandemic and implications for the NHI: care-seeking behaviour, long Covid, case-mix and more in private hospitals.
"Pre-Covid, the infections used to come around 2% of healthcare expenditure costs for Discovery Health. In 2021, the infections accounted for approximately 11% of scheme risk expenditure. This is a shift unlike we've seen any time before."
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In his presentation given at the Hospital Association of South Africa's annual conference held at Century City, Discovery's chief commercial officer, Ronald Whelan, highlighted how long-Covid has driven a significant structural shift in disease burden and healthcare expenditure over the last five years.
His presentation was titled A clinical perspective on the pandemic and implications for the NHI: care-seeking behaviour, long Covid, case-mix and more in private hospitals.
"Pre-Covid, the infections used to come around 2% of healthcare expenditure costs for Discovery Health. In 2021, the infections accounted for approximately 11% of scheme risk expenditure. This is a shift unlike we've seen any time before."
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