The second part  of the book deals with the size and shape of private and public healthcare services, unfolding health care regulations and a description of how all the participants in the industry fit together. It also offers readers a guide to checking on the health of different medical schemes, as well as understanding the details of benefits and options.
 

Chapters include:

• 1 - The big picture
• 2 - South Africa at a glance
• 3 - Current sources of healthcare funding and medical inflation
• 4 - Public sector health services
• 5 - Road Accident Fund (RAF)
• 6 - Public Private Partnerships in the health sector
• 7 - Regulatory progress of National Health Insurance (NHI)
• 8 - Implementation of National Health Insurance (NHI)
• 9 - General introduction to health legislation
• 10  - Other laws affecting the healthcare sector
• 11 - The National Health Act 61 of 2003
• 12 - The Medical Schemes Act 131 of 1998
• 13 - Prescribed Minimum Benefits (PMBs)
• 14 - Medical Schemes Act: Risk Management
• 15 - Medicines and Related Substances Act 101 of 1965
• 16 - Funders of healthcare: Out-of-pocket, non-government organisations and donors
• 17 - Funders of healthcare: Bargaining councils
• 18 - Funders of healthcare: Commercial insurance products
• 19 - Funders of healthcare: Employers
• 20 - Funders of healthcare: Medical schemes
• 21 - Funders of healthcare: Medical scheme statistics
• 22 - Medical scheme design
• 23 - Principal Officer Interviews
• 24 - Service providers: Administrators
• 25 - Service providers: Managed care organisations
• 26 - Financial advisors and employee benefits companies
• 27 - Private sector medical tariffs
• 28 - Medical personnel
• 29 - Service providers: Hospitals and clinicsPublic hospitals 361
• 30 - Healthcare providers: Pharmaceutical manufacturers
• 31 - Medical devices
• 32 - Summaries of relevant court cases
• 33 - Appendices and references