Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Health Care Spending Market Jumps

Reztya - Shopping healthcare market in Indonesia is predicted to rise to 60.6 billion U.S. dollars in 2018. This figure continues to grow in line with increasing life expectancy in general the people of Indonesia.
According to the World Bank's current district health services in Indonesia per capita reached 50.8 U.S. Dollar. While in Japan, health care district has about 2,200 U.S. Dollars. "Compared with Japan, (the number of district health services) Indonesia is still very small," said Sutoto.

However, the number of Indonesian health district was much smaller than the Japanese, Indonesian people's life expectancy does away with the Japanese. Indonesia has an average life expectancy of 71 years, while Japan 81 years.
Hannah Nawi, Associate Director, Healthcare Practice, Asia Pacific, Frost & Sullivan said, rising life expectancy in Indonesia will also impact on the rising demand for long-term health care for the elderly.
"So it takes the health sector reform in Indonesia, with increasing patient demand for better health services" Hannah said in a media briefing 'Health Industry Predictions Indonesia 2013' on Wednesday (03/27/2013) yesterday in Jakarta.
In the same occasion, Chairman of the Indonesian Hospital Association Sutoto said, rising purchasing power so that it can be used as an opportunity for hospitals in Indonesia to provide better services more cost-efficient.
"The cost of health care can be reduced by the purchase of health care quality is better with the hospital management more efficient," said Sutoto.

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