Figures confirm rise in Scotland’s self-pay business

Healthcare Market News (News) May 2005Figures published by the Scottish Independent Hospitals Association (SIHA) have confirmed speculation that Scotland’s self-pay market is flourishing. Self-financing individuals accounted for 26% of the 300,900 patients seen in the country’s independent acute hospitals in 2004, compared to 21% in 2003. Although insured patients treated in Scotland’s independent sector grew…