Accident victims prefer private hospitals

An accident scene
An accident scene

More patients, particularly those who were injured in road accidents, prefer to use private over government hospitals, says the Chairman of the Motor Vehicle Accident Fund, Freddie Modise.

In the 2014 annual report, he stated that the trend has caused the MVA an increase in expenses from P76million in 2013 to P122.4million in 2014.

“The increase in medical costs was mainly driven by the increase in high value claims and the shift in the claims profile, with claimants preferring to use private medical facilities over public hospitals,” he said.

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