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Investment Upsurge in The Philippines’ Private Healthcare Segment
- March 6, 2018
- Posted by: Team EMeRG
- Category: ASEAN, Med-Tech Insights
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The implementation of Universal Health Care (UHC) in the Philippines is driving the demand for improved healthcare services. The increased government spending towards UHC has led to local and regional business groups in the Philippines to increasingly expand their investment in the industry. Shivanthika Murugan – Associate Project Manager at EMeRG analyzes the key investments -
Managed Equipment Services – A sustainable model for public-private partnership in emerging markets?
- January 5, 2018
- Posted by: Tanuja Khanolkar
- Category: AFRICA, ASEAN, LATIN AMERICA, Med-Tech Insights, MIDDLE EAST
With more than 11 million children succumbing to preventable diseases annually, health access in Africa continues to be disparate. Although the continent has been gradually winning the battle of communicable diseases in the recent times, burden of non-communicable diseases is observed to be mounting. Healthcare challenges in other emerging regions such as Latin America and -
Impact of GST on Malaysian Healthcare
- November 21, 2017
- Posted by: Team EMeRG
- Category: ASEAN, Med-Tech Insights
“Implementation of GST has increased the efficiency of the tax collection system in Malaysia. It aims to also increase the GDP of the country” In April, 2015 Malaysia abolished the Sales and Service Tax system at 10% and 6% respectively and introduced a unified Goods and Services Tax (GST) of 6% across all sectors. This -
What can emerging countries learn from Vietnam’s satellite hospital program?
- August 22, 2017
- Posted by: Team EMeRG
- Category: ASEAN, Med-Tech Insights
Until 2013, Vietnam’s state-owned hospitals were running at ~140-170% capacity. In order to reduce overcrowding and improve overall healthcare infrastructure, Vietnam introduced the satellite hospital model in 2013. As of date, the model has helped network 22 nucleus hospitals with 98 satellite hospitals across 63 provinces in the country. These satellite hospitals focus mainly on -
Mapping of Oncology Infrastructure and Need-gap analysis across ASEAN and APAC
- October 5, 2016
- Posted by: Team EMeRG
- Category: AFRICA, ASEAN, BY MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, Diagnostic Imaging, GTM Strategy, Market Entry Assessment, NPI Research, Nuclear Medicine Equipment
Overview: Cancer in Emerging markets With 14.9Mn new cancer cases and 8.2Mn cancer deaths in 2013, global incidence of cancer is on the rise. ASEAN itself accounted for about 700,000 new cancer cases in 2015 while 54 African countries contributed to 847,000 new cancer cases. It is further estimated that Less developed countries accounted for -
Privatization of select hospitals in Vietnam continue despite poor revenue realizations
- March 15, 2016
- Posted by: Team EMeRG
- Category: ASEAN, Med-Tech Insights
While most private investors remain wary about investing in Vietnamese hospitals, a few distinct investments are challenging the trends. In September 2015, T&T group (real estate company) became the major shareholder in Vietnam Central Transportation Hospital located in Hanoi. This hospital is owned by the Ministry of Transport and became the first medical center to -
Singapore’s grand shift away from hospital-centric healthcare delivery
- February 14, 2016
- Posted by: Tanuja Khanolkar
- Category: ASEAN, Med-Tech Insights
While most countries in the past focused on acute care to address the need of in-patients, increase in chronic diseases and aging population are causing the trend to reverse. In Singapore, it is estimated that over 20% of its residents will be aged over 65 years by 2030. Also with an increasing incidence of diabetes, -
Could fee hikes dampen the healthcare reforms in Vietnam?
- January 15, 2016
- Posted by: Team EMeRG
- Category: ASEAN, Med-Tech Insights
Based on the directive issued by Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Finance on February 29, 2012, an increase in fees for almost 1900 medical services and products in public hospitals was proposed. The 2012 directive laid a plan for a 3 step price hike in medical services. In June 2015, the prices of -
Why invest in Vietnam’s private hospitals?
- May 17, 2015
- Posted by: Team EMeRG
- Category: ASEAN, Med-Tech Insights
~150 Number of private hospitals in Vietnam 6-7% Number of overall patients received by private hospitals in Vietnam 40K Vietnamese patients seek treatment abroad every year $2Bn Spent on treatment abroad by Vietnamese patients each year Clusters Majority of private hospitals clustered around Hanoi, HoChi Minh City and Da Nang Why invest in Vietnam’s private -
Indonesia needs new hospitals – Are private providers watching?
- January 19, 2015
- Posted by: Team EMeRG
- Category: ASEAN, Med-Tech Insights
9 Hospital beds per 10,000 people (as compared to 29 for the US) 141Mn Projected number of middle and upper-income people in Indonesia in 2020 (as compared to ~80Mn in 2014) 0.2 Physicians per 1000 people (as compared to 2.4 in the US) Historically viewed as a
