Taiwanese outpatient clinic group Ma Kuang, which mixes 'Western' medicine with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), talks candidly with Healthcare Nova about the challenges of operating in China - and why its future is digital.
What does the global healthcare investment landscape look like? Where are the opportunities and how do they differ between Europe and emerging markets? With almost 100 delegates from Asia and dozens from other emerging markets at HBI 2018, our conference this year was global in outlook. Rothschild's head of Healthcare Services Hedley Goldberg summarised the global financial landscape for healthcare investment while local operators and investors shared where they think the opportunities lie.
Healthcare Nova talks to the CEO of a Singapore-based private equity group that has put US$100m towards building a hospital network spanning Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia and Vietnam, and is set to spend US$100-200m more. The network will encompass elements of a private-public-partnership by building on public land and cater to the middle-class.
A massive training market is opening up, thanks to the huge shortages the world faces of health and care staff. Kate has been analysing the sector for over decade for The World Bank and Corvus Health. Here she case-studies how countries and private operators are building capacity and increasing workforce efficiency. What are the viable business models for Europe and Emerging Markets?
Implementing price caps on private healthcare services in India will put extra pressure on operators in an already low-price environment and could put new players off entering the market, attendees at HBI 2018 heard.
What is the role of the private sector in a healthcare segment often avoided by for-profits - cancer care - and where are the opportunities? How do you compete with a public sector which, although sometimes cash-strapped, has greater access to the capital required? And what is the situation in emerging markets? HBI 2018 put these questions to a panel of experts.
What do nursing home opportunities look like in China, India and Brazil? All three countries have the usual driving forces behind an increased demand in residential elderly care: an ageing population, a growing middle class, and a shift in the disease burden. HBI 2018 explored the similarities and differences in these three markets.
A Finnish operator tells us that Finland's "distant" far-off SOTE reforms are unjustifiably and prematurely inflating the valuations of healthcare assets in the country - and they may not even happen.
A massive training market is opening up thanks to the huge shortages the world faces of health and care staff. Dr Kate Tulenko, CEO of Corvus Health, a global workforce services company, talked at HBI 2018 about the HR problems operators can face – and the solutions to those problems.
The introduction of social health insurance in India should provide universal healthcare access for the population, and drive growth in the private market, creating opportunities, attendees at HBI 2018 heard.
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