South Africa: health care choice of households

As of 2022, a total of 73 percent of households in South Africa responded that they would utilize public health care services first, while 25.5 percent stated they would consult privately. The most common service was public clinics with a share of 66.6 percent, followed by private doctors, with 21.5 percent.

Distribution of health care choices of households in South Africa in 2022, by type

Characteristic	Share of households
Public clinic	66.6%
Private doctor	21.5%
Public hospital	6.1%
Private hospital	2.2%
Private clinic	1.8%
Pharmacy	0.9%
Other	0.4%
Other public institution	0.3%
Traditional healer	0.1%

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Release date

August 2023

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Region

South Africa

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

The source states the following: "The target population of the survey consists of all private households and residents in workers’ hostels across all nine provinces of South Africa. The survey does not cover other collective living quarters such as students’ hostels, old-age homes, hospitals, prisons and military barracks, and is therefore only representative of non-institutionalized and non-military persons or households in South Africa."

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