Private healthcare characterised by rising costs: Competition Commission - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.

The commission has identified features within the private healthcare market that prevents and restricts competition.

Professor Sharon Fonn of the Competition Commission’s Healthcare Market Inquiry says there is massive utilisation of healthcare facilities yet consumers have no idea what they are paying for. She was briefing the media in Sandton, north of Johannesburg. Professor Fonn says there is no method to measure the outcomes and quality of private healthcare. She says it is impossible for patients to choose healthcare based on value or pricing.

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