140109_Bristol_GlobalActionUniversalHealth_Web.pdf. Patients Without Borders: The Emerging Global Market for Patients and the Evolution of Modern Health Care - viewcontent.cgi. Indonesia launches world's largest health insurance system. Suriman, a day laborer in Jakarta, is beaming from ear to ear. He points to three pages of official- looking paper stapled together with his name and age and a stamp certifying that he’s just enrolled in Indonesia's new universal health care program. Skip to next paragraph Subscribe Today to the Monitor Click Here for your FREE 30 DAYS ofThe Christian Science MonitorWeekly Digital Edition “I used to have to borrow money to see the doctor,” says Suriman, who like many Indonesians uses one name.
Indonesia is planning to phase-in the world’s largest single-payer health care insurance program between now and 2019. The program was mandated by a law passed in 2004. Still, it's a measure of Indonesia's ambitions and rising expectations that the government is trying to roll out health services for all.
Indonesia extended free health insurance to 48 percent of its population on Jan. 1. On-the-ground services “It’s absolutely going to help improve services,” says Dr. Managing costs Bumpy rollout. Indonesia launches universal healthcare. Indonesia has taken a significant step in its efforts to roll out universal healthcare, but funding will remain tight. The US is not the only country dealing with far-reaching healthcare reforms this month. On January 1st, Indonesia launched its universal health care programme, known locally as Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN).
Its laudable goal is to provide health insurance to the country's estimated 250m people in five years, or by January 2019. But faced with the immense challenge of implementing such a scheme in the world’s fourth most populous country, the government is phasing the introduction carefully. In the first stage of the programme’s implementation this year, the JKN will cover 121.6m Indonesians.
This amounts to around half of the population already, but is less of an achievement than it looks. The government has also worked out how to finance the JKN. Narrow opportunities So far, the role of private insurers in Indonesia's ground-breaking reforms is unclear. Investors rush Into China health care : healthcare asia – medical and healthcare news in asia.
After hitting a record level last year, dealmaking in China’s health-care sector is expected to grow feverish as the Chinese government further opens hospitals to foreign investment and the nation’s drug companies become ripe for consolidation. The total value of health-care deals in China last year jumped 23%, and has more than tripled since 2007, to a record $10.5 billion in 2013, according to data provider Dealogic. That included some of the biggest-ever deals in the Chinese sector. Among them, U.S. medical device maker Stryker Corp. SYK -0.34% bought Trauson Holdings Co. for $764 million, and Switzerland-based Sellas Clinicals Holding AG entered a $531 million agreement with a subsidiary of Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical 600196.SH -1.17% (Group) to develop diabetes and lung cancer therapies. This year, TPG Capital and Fosun Pharma bought New York-listed Chinese hospital operator Chindex International Inc.
China’s health-care needs are growing. Source: The Wall Street Journal. Singaporean PM Outlines Key Policy Adjustments, Revamps Medical Insurance Scheme. Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced a number of policy adjustments on Sunday evening in areas such as medical insurance and education, outlining a strategic shift in his approach to nation building. Individuals must still do their best, but the community and government must do more to reduce the pressures on individuals, he said at the annual National Day Rally.
In one of the key changes announced in the evening, Lee said that the government is revamping the country's medical insurance system to move towards universal and life-long coverage. The coverage of MediShield, a low-cost basic medical insurance scheme, will no longer stop for people who turn 90. It will also be expanded to include even those with pre-existing illnesses. There will be no choice to opt out under the scheme, which is to be renamed MediShield Life. The premiums will likely be higher, but Lee said the government will step in to help those who cannot afford it. In Thailand, a 13 percent drop in infant mortality in a year. A policy change in Thailand’s healthcare system quickly led to significantly lower infant mortality rates among its poorer citizens: A 13 percent drop in about a year.
One of the most ambitious health reforms ever undertaken in a developing country, Thailand’s 2001 healthcare reform -- called 30 Baht -- increased funding available to care for the poor, granting about $35 per capita to provincial hospitals based on the number of local residents. Importantly, it also reduced copay to around 75 cents (or 30 Thai baht) per visit. Before that, just under a third of Thailand’s population was enrolled in a modestly funded healthcare program, the Medical Welfare Scheme (MWS), which theoretically provided free access for the poor. Another half of the population was considered too well-off for that plan, but their incomes weren't high enough to have other insurance. Feeling Great - Healthcare Booms in Asia | Asia Rising TVAsia Rising TV. Healthcare across the Asia-Pacific today is in a state of accelerated evolution due to not only changing demographics, but also due to disruptions in the traditional industry value-chain according to a landmark report from Frost & Sullivan While the top private healthcare service providers in countries like Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand are likely to witness between 15 to 20 percent revenue growth due to continued growth in medical tourism, a shift in balance of consumers where public healthcare is prioritised for those with greater need and growing customer sophistication, there is a need to focus on cost efficient delivery of healthcare through shared responsibility across the value chain.
With a significant increase in the old-age dependency ratio especially in industrialised countries like Australia, Japan and Singapore, aging populations have a higher demand for surgical interventions as well as aging in place supportive care. 2014: Transparency in Pricing Like this: Medical Tourism Industry is Driven by Asia | Asia Rising TVAsia Rising TV. Medical tourism in Asia is a rapidly growing industry. Rising healthcare costs, long wait times, an ageing population, and increasing demand for cosmetic and dental surgery not covered by insurance in developed countries, coupled with the availability of high quality, low cost medical services in developing countries are the key factors driving medical tourism market globally. Governments in different countries are also backing the industry by dedicating resources to raise the countries’ profile to boost the sector in their respective countries.
The global Medical Tourism Report: 2014 Edition research ( ) reveals that although the demand for medical tourism is fundamentally driven by cost and quality considerations relative to domestic treatment options, the choice of destination depends on many factors, including proximity, brand value, and the range of available healthcare services.
Like this: Like Loading... Asia Scores Well in High Tech Healthcare | Asia Rising TVAsia Rising TV. Thanks to a burgeoning middle class, increased focus on health and an aging demographic, Asian hospitals like their counterparts around the world have been investing in new technologies with the results shown in a recent survey which demonstrates that Asia now scores well in delivering high tech healthcare solutions. Thirty of the world’s most technologically advanced hospitals are featured in a new web article launched by Top Masters in Healthcare Administration. The list of “30 Most Technologically Advanced Hospitals in the World” highlights facilities around the globe that utilize the latest in high-tech medical equipment and innovative healthcare.
The purpose of the article is to excite and motivate those who are researching masters healthcare degree programs. The full article is available here: Following are the “30 Most Technologically Advanced Hospitals in the World” named in the article: A Very Western Disease | Asia Rising TVAsia Rising TV. Until recently heart disease was uncommon in Asian populations. However recent results from a new study of more than half a million Asians indicate that a large epidemic of heart disease is poised to affect China and many other countries in the region.
It seems as if Asia is about to be affected by a very Western health issue, heart disease and stroke. The study, conducted by professionals from China to Australasia provides important new evidence as t the cause and effects of the problem. The evidence points to rapidly increased smoking and other health factors that contribute to heart disease. These include diabetes, high cholesterol and high blood pressure, particularly in the more urbanized regions of Asia. The conclusions are obvious. Results show that in the next twenty years Asia will be faced with a crippling epidemic of heart disease and stroke on a scale previously unknown unless significant changes are made. Like this: Like Loading... The Asian healthcare market – a dose of reality. The Expanding Home Healthcare Market in Asia | News | Features 1 | Medical Device Summit. Just Like in the West, Affluence Leads to Weight Gain | Asia Rising TVAsia Rising TV. China’s young adults are gaining more weight and exercising less than their elders, local media said on Tuesday, underscoring the fast-developing country’s growing struggle with modern health problems.
Chinese from ages 20 to 39 have put on more kilograms — 1.9 kg (4.2 pounds) — than other adults since 2010, the General Administration of Sport found in a survey, the China Daily reported. More than 11 percent from the age group were obese, up two percentage points in only three years. Just over half — 51 percent — did not exercise regularly, making them the country’s “least active” adults. China has seen rises in obesity and other so-called diseases of affluence as it has modernised rapidly in recent decades. More Chinese are moving to cities where they may encounter worse pollution, less-healthy diets, sedentary lifestyles and jobs that demand long hours.
In 2008, the US journal Health Affairs said 25 percent of Chinese adults were overweight. Like this: Like Loading...