The South African healthcare industry has posted an unprecedented growth over the past few years on the back of government active support. The government has identified healthcare as one of the priority sectors in the current budget and is determined to develop healthcare infrastructure and services to make them accessible to patients. This initiative has been possible due to the private-public partnerships that are being encouraged in this sector.
According to our new research report "South African Healthcare Market Analysis", the South African healthcare industry is expected to sustain its growth pace in near future owing to the burden of diseases and poor demographic conditions which will create demand for better healthcare facilities. The demand and supply of drugs is an important factor that has boosted growth in the healthcare industry and attracted many private players to bid for tenders for the supply of essential drugs to the public healthcare facilities. Moreover, the South Africans have become more health conscious, leading to an increase in the usage of more expensive therapies and high innovative products. In this regard, we have done an extensive research and analysis of various segments of the South African healthcare market. The segments covered in the report include: Analysis of Different Disease, Hospitals Services Industry, Pharmaceutical Industry, Medical Devices Industry and Other emerging market segments.
The baseline for optimistic future outlook of South African healthcare industry is the enhanced participation and high investments by private players into medical infrastructure and supply of pharmaceuticals to the population. In addition, there will be strong demand for primary health care level drugs such as generics, antibiotics and OTC in coming years since a number of drugs are due to lose their patents. As a result, the pharmaceutical industry is expected to grow at a CAGR of around 14% during 2010-2013. Moreover, clinical trials conducted by the private players make South Africa an ideal destination for research. This will draw the attention of world’s leading healthcare providers and make the South African healthcare sector a lucrative area for further investments.
"South African Healthcare Market Analysis" provides thoroughly researched information, authentic data and comparable statistics of the South African healthcare industry. The report has examined current market trends, industrial developments and competitive landscape to enable clients understand the market structure and its progress in coming years. It gives an insight into regulatory environment and industry restraints that facilitate into devising strategic plans before taking investment decisions to get optimal returns. The report also contains forecast for all segments of the healthcare industry to give a rogue direction in which these segments are likely to move in coming years.
1. Analyst View
2. Healthcare Market Overview
3. Market Attractions
3.1 Favorable Demographics
3.2 Burden of Diseases
3.3 Strong Government Support
3.4 Active Private Sector Participation
3.5 Traditional Medicinal Industry
3.6 Low Penetration
4. Analysis by Diseases
4.1 HIV/AIDS
4.2 Tuberculosis
4.3 Malaria
4.4 Cardiovascular and Other Chronic Diseases
4.5 Malnutrition
5. Hospital Services Industry
5.1 Hospitals and Beds
5.2 Occupancy Rate
5.3 Healthcare Human Resources
6. Pharmaceutical Market
6.1 Market Overview
6.2 Pharmaceutical Imports and Exports
6.3 Prescription and OTC Drugs
6.4 Generics
7. Medical Devices Market
8. Emerging Market Segments
8.1 Health Insurance
8.2 Medical Tourism
8.3 Clinical Trials
9. Regulatory Environment
9.1 Hospital Services Market
9.2 Pharmaceutical Market
9.3 Medical Devices Market
10. Industry Restraints
10.1 Poor Retention Rate of Healthcare Professionals
10.2 Regulations on Medicines Prices
List of Figures:
Figure 2-1: Healthcare Sector Contribution in GDP (%), 2006-07 to 2010-11
Figure 2-2: Share of Public, Private and NGO in Healthcare Expenditure (2008-09)
Figure 2-3: Share of Healthcare Expenditure in Government Expenditure (2007-08 to 2010-11)
Figure 3-1: Infant Mortality Rate under Age Group 5 years (per 1000 live births), 2007-2009
Figure 3-2: Forecast for Share of State Conditional Grants (2010-11)
Figure 4-1: HIV Prevalence in Sub-Saharan Africa (%)
Figure 4-2: Number of TB Cases (’000), 2007 & 2008
Figure 4-3: TB Cure Rate (%), 2006 & 2007
Figure 4-4: Number of Malaria Cases (2007 & 2008)
Figure 5-1: Number of Hospital Beds (2007-2009)
Figure 5-2: Number of Private Hospital Beds (2007-2009)
Figure 5-3: Additional Demand for Number of Hospital Beds (2010-2013)
Figure 5-4: Occupancy Rate by Hospital Type (%), 2008
Figure 5-5: Private Hospital Occupancy Rate (%), 2006-2008
Figure 5-6: Number of Doctors (’000), 2007-2009
Figure 5-7: Number of Registered Nurses (’000), 2007-2009
Figure 5-8: Additional Demand for Number of Doctors (2010-2013)
Figure 6-1: Pharmaceutical Market (Billion ZAR), 2008 & 2009
Figure 6-2: Forecast for Pharmaceutical Market (Billion ZAR), 2010-2013
Figure 6-3: Pharmaceutical Imports (Billion ZAR), 2007-2009
Figure 6-4: Pharmaceutical Exports (Billion ZAR), 2007-2009
Figure 6-5: Share of Prescription and OTC Drugs (2009)
Figure 6-6: Prescription and OTC Drugs Market (Billion Units)
Figure 6-7: Share of Generics and Non-Generics in Pharmaceutical Market (2008-2010)
Figure 6-8: Share of Key Players in Generics Market
Figure 7-1: Medical Devices Market (Billion US$), 2007-2009
Figure 7-2: Medical Devices Market by Product (%), 2009
Figure 7-3: Forecast for Medical Devices Market (Billion US$), 2010-2013
Figure 7-4: Forecast for Medical Devices Market by Product (%), 2013
Figure 8-1: Health Insurance Expenditure (Billion US$), 2006-2009
Figure 8-2: Number of Medical Tourists (’000), 2007-2009
Figure 8-3: Forecast for Number of Medical Tourists (’000), 2010-2013
Figure 9-1: Market Entry Path for Pharmaceutical Companies
Figure 10-1: Vacancies in the Public Health Sector (%), 2006-2008
List of Tables:
Table 3-1: Demographic Characteristics (2007-2009)
Table 4-1: HIV Prevalence (%), 2007-2009
Table 4-2: Number of HIV/AIDS Service Organizations
Table 4-3: Forecast for Diabetes Statistics (Age Group 20-79), 2010
Table 5-1: Number of Public Sector Health Facilities by Type (2007)
Table 5-2: Number of Private Hospital Beds by Type
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