UAE Healthcare Sector Forecast to 2012

The UAE 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 and is determined to develop healthcare infrastructure and services to make them accessible to patients.According to our new research report "UAE Healthcare Sector Forecast to 2012", the UAE healthcare industry is expected to sustain its growth pace in near future on account of various factors such as rapidly increasing population, rising prevalence of lifestyle diseases (obesity, diabetes and hypertension) and the lack of internationally accredited healthcare infrastructure. The country has been witnessing tremendous increase in demand for healthcare services, which indicate towards high healthcare spending. In this regard, we have done an extensive research and analysis of various segments of the UAE healthcare market. The segments covered in the report include: Hospitals Services Industry, Pharmaceutical Industry and Medical Devices Industry.The baseline for optimistic future outlook of the UAE 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 17% during 2010-2013.Further, demand for hospitals and hospital beds is anticipated to rise over the next few years since the existing infrastructure is inadequate to deal with rising number of health complications in all sections of the society and every age group people. Besides, the penetration of hospital beds in the UAE is currently low as per the international standards. In general, it is assumed that the developed markets average 3 beds per 1000 population, while in the UAE, it is less than 2 beds per 1000 population (in 2010), indicating a large room for future growth potential."UAE Healthcare Sector Forecast to 2012" provides comprehensive research, objective analysis and information about important issues of the UAE healthcare market. It studies the healthcare industry by segmenting it into hospital services, medical devices and pharmaceuticals. The report contains statistical and analytical information on each of these segments, covering their market size and demand. It also features analysis of future directions, supplemented with facts and figures. In this way, the report serves as a useful guide for healthcare companies, government officials, consultants and investors planning to enter the UAE healthcare market.