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Table 1 Private and public hospitals and bed estimates from 1976 to 2010

From: The role of insurance in the achievement of universal coverage within a developing country context: South Africa as a case study

Year

Private

Public

 

Hospitals

Beds

Hospitals

Beds

1976

251

2 3461

  

1986

651

6 1252

 

117 8423

1989

1011

10 9361

  

1998 4

162

20 908

343

107 634

2010 5

216

31 067

410

88 920

  1. 1 Hospital Association of South Africa [32], 2 Estimated using the bed to hospital ratio for 1976 from the other data in the table, 3Estimated from Zwaranstein et al [33], 4Health Systems Trust [34], 5Health Systems Trust [35].
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