Table 2.
Provincial and national summary of total costs of mental health services
| EC | FS | GT | KZN | LP | MPU | NC | NW | WC | National | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inpatient cost of mental health services (USD, millions) | 50.8 | 16.4 | 152.9 | 110.8 | 21.8 | 10.0 | 10.7 | 18.8 | 100.0 | 492.1 |
| Outpatient cost of mental health services (USD, millions) | 8.5 | 2.2 | 18.8 | 23.8 | 9.3 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 10.5 | 81.5 |
| Total inpatient and outpatient mental health service cost (USD, millions) | 59.3 | 18.6 | 171.6 | 134.7 | 31.1 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 21.8 | 110.6 | 573.6 |
| Total inpatient and outpatient mental health expenditure per capita (Uninsured; USD) | 9.7 | 7.8 | 17.1 | 14.1 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 12.9 | 6.7 | 22.1 | 12.4 |
| Proportion of 2016/17 health budget spent on mental health inpatient and outpatient services (%) | 4.0% | 2.8% | 6.2% | 5.0% | 2.6% | 1.7% | 3.9% | 3.1% | 7.5% | 4.6% |
| Total transfers for contracted hospital services for mental health (USD, millions) | 8.9 | 0.0 a | 0.0 a | 11.3 | 0.0 a | 3.1 | 0.0 a | 0.0 a | 0.0 a | 23.3 |
| Total DOH transfers to mental health NGOs (USD, millions) | 0.8 | 0.2 | 13.7 | 1.0 | 0.0 a | 0.0 a | 0.0 a | 0.0 a | 2.7 | 18.4 |
| Total costs of inpatient and outpatient mental health services and transfers to contracted hospitals and NGOs for mental health services (USD, millions) | 69.0 | 18.7 | 185.3 | 147.0 | 31.1 | 16.1 | 13.0 | 21.8 | 113.3 | 615.3 |
| Total costs of inpatient and outpatient mental health services and transfers to contracted hospitals and NGOs for mental health services per capita uninsured (USD) | 11.3 | 7.9 | 18.5 | 15.4 | 5.9 | 4.3 | 12.9 | 6.7 | 22.6 | 13.3 |
| Proportion of 2016/17 health budget spent on mental health inpatient and outpatient services and transfers to contracted hospitals and NGOs (%) | 4.6% | 2.8% | 6.7% | 5.5% | 2.6% | 2.1% | 3.9% | 3.1% | 7.7% | 5.0% |
At the time this report was prepared, no PDOH were able to validate that the reported total transfers to contracted hospitals and NGOs represented all transfers to contracted hospitals and NGOs for mental health services in their respective provinces for the 2016/17 FY.
a
Province was not able to comprehensively specify the total transfers for DOH contracted hospital and/or NGO services for mental health.
EC, Eastern Cape; FS, Free State; GT, Gauteng; KZN, Kwa-Zulu Natal; LP, Limpopo; MP, Mpumalanga; NC, Northern Cape; NW, North West; WC, Western Cape.