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Higher hospital fees raise pressure levels on household budgets
Health PS Nicholas Muraguri. The increases are likely to further lock out poor households from accessing the top quality health services that the private hospitals offer. PHOTO | FILE
Kenya’s top private hospitals increased outpatient consultation charges by up to 42 per cent in the past one and a half years, piling the pressure on insurance premiums and general cost of healthcare, industry data shows.
The hospitals, including Mater and MP Shah, raised the consultation charges by between Sh100 and Sh600, pointing to the rising cost of labour, utility fees and depreciation of the Kenyan shilling.
