Competition Commission sets out an inquiry to probe Health care sector

Mluleki Mrwebi
29 November 2013

The Competition Commission has today announced that it has finalized and published in the government gazette the terms of reference for the market inquiry into private healthcare.

The inquiry will probe among other things the private healthcare sector to determine the factors that restrict, prevent, or distort competition, and underlie increases in private healthcare prices and expenditure in South Africa. 

The Competition Commission’s Deputy Commissioner Trudi Makhaya said the inquiry will be led by a panel of experts and it will be announced soon.

Makhaya further said it will look at various aspects SA Health care industry, in essence the purpose is to analyze relationship, asses the impact commission intervention and look at the nature of highest determination in the health care sector.