Assessment of Inter-Provincial Inequity with respect to Public Healthcare Expenditure
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Assessment of Inter-Provincial Inequity with respect to Public
Healthcare Expenditure
Presentation by the NDoH
to the Portfolio Committee
Purpose
• Brief the Portfolio Committee on the current situation of inter-provincial inequity with respect to public health care spending.
Outline of Presentation
• Present trends in Public Health care expenditure over a 10-year period
• Present trends in per capita expenditure over a 10-year period (both nominal and real)
• Present trends including and excluding conditional grants
• Map a possible way forward– Involvement of the Portfolio Committee
Trends in Public Health Care Spending
South Africa - Health Expenditure by National & Provincial Government as % of GDP, 1992/93 to 2004/05 (MTEF estimate)
2.85%
2.90%
2.95%
3.00%
3.05%
3.10%
3.15%
3.20%
3.25%
3.30%
3.35%
3.40%
92/93 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05
Trends in Public Health Care Spending (nominal values)
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1,000,000
2,000,000
3,000,000
4,000,000
5,000,000
6,000,000
7,000,000
8,000,000
9,000,000
10,000,000
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
1995/96
1996/97
1997/98
1998/99
1999/00
2000/01
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
Trends in Public Health Care Spending (real values)
-
500,000
1,000,000
1,500,000
2,000,000
2,500,000
3,000,000
3,500,000
4,000,000
4,500,000
5,000,000
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
1995/96
1996/97
1997/98
1998/99
1999/00
2000/01
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
Trends in Per Capita Spending (nominal value)
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
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KwaZul
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Wes
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North
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Wes
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Cap
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1995/96
1996/97
1997/98
1998/99
1999/00
2000/01
2001/02
2002/03
Trends in Per Capita Spending (real value)
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100
200
300
400
500
600
EasternCape
Free State Gauteng KwaZuluNatal
Limpopo Mpumalanga North West NorthernCape
WesternCape
Total
1999/00
2000/01
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
Distance from Equity (including Conditional Grants)
-60.0
-40.0
-20.0
0.0
20.0
40.0
60.0
80.0
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
1995/96
1996/97
1997/98
1998/99
1999/00
2000/01
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
Distance from Equity (excluding Conditional Grants)
-40.00%
-30.00%
-20.00%
-10.00%
0.00%
10.00%
20.00%
30.00%
40.00%
50.00%
60.00%
Eastern Cape Free State Gauteng KwaZulu Natal Limpopo Mpumalanga North West Northern Cape Western Cape
1999/00
2000/01
2001/02
2002/03
2003/04
2004/05
2005/06
Assessment of Equity
• Massive inequities exist in the public health system• Even if conditional grants are removed, the
inequities are not significantly reduced• Some provinces have made remarkable progress,
however, concern of the pace of change.– Western Cape– The intentions of the Northern Cape need to be
acknowledged.
• Overall the impact on reducing inequities has been small.
Intra-Provincial Inequity
• No comprehensive assessment done yet• Limited studies show similar trends
– Rural and less advantaged areas have less access to resources
• District Health Expenditure Reviews– Help assess the level of inequity and make informed
decisions
– Guidelines developed
– Provinces are rolling them out
Obstacles to achieving Equity
• Fiscal federalism– Global budgets are allocated to provinces and
not to sectors specifically– Equity needs to be properly assessed in the
light of other social spending
Next Steps
• Development of norms and standards
• Definition of a basic package of health care – broader than merely primary health care.
Way Forward
• It is recommended that as a way forward the following steps are operationalised:
• Review of the budgeting system and the use of fiscal federalism to improve inter-provincial equity. Essential steps here include:– Conducting an incidence analysis of the financing and
benefits health care in South Africa– Review of the incorporation funding mechanisms to
account for health sector specific problems, e.g. weighting for HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria
– Improve the focus on equity of the approach
Way Forward
– Development of a definition of basic health care services
– Development of both quantitative and qualitative norms and standards
– Development of minimum funding requirements for health care provision.
Involvement of Portfolio Committee
• There are a number of areas where the Portfolio Committee on Health can influence the promotion greater equity in health care spending. These include areas where the National Department has little influence over:• Working with the portfolio Committee on
Finance to understand why greater emphasis is not placed on inter-provincial equity
Involvement of the Portfolio Committee
• Together with the Portfolio Committee on Finance and the Select Committees of the NCOP to interrogate Provincial Legislatures and Treasuries in their allocation of revenue to Health departments
• As the NDoH defines basic Packages of Care and associated norms and standards, it is crucial that the Portfolio Committee on Health assist in obtaining buy-in of this process, to the end that there is commitment to deliver these packages and to fund their appropriate delivery.
– Assessment of funds earmarked for the implementation of Health Policies are implemented, e.g. HIV/AIDS, Personnel, Capital spending