Medical Schemes

•Khosa S., Söderlund N., Peprah E. (1997) An Essential Package of Hospital Services : A Review of International Experience with Reference to South Africa, Centre for Health Policy Monograph Number 50. Available on http://www.wits.ac.za/chp/

•Söderlund N., Peprah E. (1998) An Essential Hospital Package for South Africa : Selection Criteria, Costs and Affordability, Centre for Health Policy Monograph Number 52. Available on http://www.wits.ac.za/chp/

•Guild R., (1994) Rationing Health Care Resources, unpublished MBA research report, University of the Witwatersrand.

•Fish T., McLeod H.D., Rothberg A., Eekhout S., Pels L., Innocenzi R. and Mubangizi D.B. (2002). The Costing of Existing Prescribed Minimum Benefits in South African Medical Schemes in 2001. Council for Medical Schemes, Pretoria. Previously on http://www.medicalschemes.com

•McLeod H.D., Rothberg A., Pels L., Eekhout S., Mubangizi D.B. and Fish T. (2002). The Costing of the Proposed Chronic Disease List Benefits in South African Medical Schemes in 2001. A Report prepared under contract for the Council for Medical Schemes, Pretoria. Previously on http://www.medicalschemes.com

•McLeod H.D., Mubangizi D.B., Rothberg A. and Fish T. (2003). The Impact of Prescribed Minimum Benefits on the Affordability of Contributions. A Report prepared under contract for the Council for Medical Schemes, Pretoria. Previously on http://www.medicalschemes.com

•McLeod H.D., Achmat Z. and Stein A.M. (2003) Minimum Benefits for HIV/AIDS in South African Medical Schemes. South African Actuarial Journal, Number 3. Available on http://www.assa.org.za

•Discovery Health (2005) International Review of Basic Benefit Packages and a Proposal for a South African Benefit. Discovery Health, April 2005.

•List of Prescribed Minimum Benefits: Regulations in Terms of the Medical Schemes Act, 1998, Government Notice, Regulation Gazette No. 6652, Vol. 412, 20 October 1999. Updated on 4 November 2002 and 6 October 2003.

•Therapeutic algorithms for Chronic Disease List conditions: Regulations in Terms of the Medical Schemes Act, 1998, Government Gazette No. 25537, No. R.1397 issued on 6 October 2003. See also No. R 110 of 11 February 2005.

•Council for Medical Schemes (2005) Five Character Coding PMBs issued October 2005. Available on http://www.medicalschemes.com

•Council for Medical Schemes (2003) Circular No. 9 of 2003: Prescribed Minimum Benefits and Designated Service Providers. Available on http://www.medicalschemes.com

•Council for Medical Schemes (2006) Circular No. 32 of 2006: Implementation of Prescribed Minimum Benefits. July 2006. Available on http://www.medicalschemes.com