Key Facts :

 

• Population : 29.5 million

• Health spend 11.9 $ billion (2013)

• Projected expenditure 60.0 $ billion (2025)

• Health care profile:

  • ​65% Public

  • 35% Private

Factors shaping High Demand

 

• Population Growth:  The total GCC population in the next 25 years will double.

• Aging Population: The number of people over 65 years old will increase more than sevenfold in the next 25 years.

• Risk factors and chronic diseases: "Crisis proportions" areas are Diabetes, Obesity, Cardiovascular and Mental Health.

• Treatment Demand: Will continue to rise as a result of the dramatic increase of Diseases.

• Patient expectations: These are rising in parallel to disease-based demand. Private healthcare providers are in higher demand to offset the patient dissatisfaction of the public sector.

• Hospital Beds: The demand for hospital beds will increase by 140 % over the course of  the next 2 decades.