UAE HEALTHCARE

UAE Healthcare Market

Health insurance providersIndividuals and dependents Health services

providers

• The DHA made it

mandatory for all UAE

residents to be insured by

June 30 2016

• This includes not just

individuals but also their

dependents

• No new visa is issued if the

individual is not insured.

DHA and HAAD is the regulatory authority for the health insurance sector in the Dubai and Abu Dhabi respectively

• Major health insurance companies

in the UAE are like Daman

Insurance, Axa Dubai, Aetna

International, RSA Direct, Now

Health International.

• Insurance marketplace is playing an

increasingly important role in the

industry.

• Bayzat is one of the more prominent

companies in the marketplace.

• The above includes major

hospitals such as American

Hospital, NMC Hospital

Group, GMC Clinics..etc

• Dubai is emerging as a major

spot for medical tourism.

• While the facilities are top

notch, the infrastructure is

under pressure, leading to

shortage of both nurses and

doctors.

•The UAE is rapidly developing private health sector that delivers a high standard of

healthcare to the population.

•The UAE spends approximately $1,200 per person each year in healthcare, ranking it

among the top 20 countries in the world for healthcare spending per capita.

•The UAE is one of the most developed markets in the Middle East, with a strong

healthcare infrastructure.

•The UAE is increasing its national healthcare system to fulfill the growing needs of

people.

•Due to the constant increase in demand for quality healthcare and with the efforts

taken by the UAE government to promote itself as a medical tourism hub, the

healthcare industry in the emirate is witnessing tremendous growth.

UAE Overview

Vision 2021• One of the agenda focuses on the UAE becoming a leading healthcare provider

for its citizens and expats• A world-class medical tourism center

Nation-wide cancer registry• Includes standards of health professionals and a hospital wait time

monitoring system

A new medical research & development facility

Medical training facility and an interconnected network of all medical centers throughout UAE

An ambulatory health care assistance program for remotely located citizens

UAE government initiatives

• One major problem is the shortfall of qualified medical personnel. According to

Deloitte’s 2015 Global Healthcare Outlook, the workforce, notably the nurses and

physicians, was dominated by expatriates.

• Lack of interest for this profession, poor pay and lack of clarity about the role are

some of the challenges for nursing.

• People need to understand what nurses do and for that, people should be educated

about nursing as a skill, the demand it has globally and the opportunities that come

along with it.

• The UAE significantly depends on foreign nationals to meet its healthcare

requirements.

Shortfall of nurses a major cause for concern

In Dubai, only 55 out of the 3000 plus nurses are Emiratis. While in 2013, there were 28 nurses for every 100,000 people in the UAE, the number has only slightly increased to 31 in 2015.

Abu Dhabi Medical Congress revealed that out of the 23,000 to 25,000 nurses in the UAE, only 3 per cent nurses are Emiratis

Qatar Oman Saudi Arabia Kuwait

118

5348

45

Nurses for every 100,000 people

Emirate Total Population

Government Hospitals*

Private Hospitals*

No. of Beds*

Abu Dhabi 2.5 mil 14 25 4,226

Dubai 2.1 mil 6 32 3,857

Sharjah 1.5 mil 5 10 898

Ras Al Khaimah

300,000 4 1 562

Ajman 240,000 1 2 189

Fujairah 558,000 2 1 358

Umm Al Quwain

606,000 1 ---- 606

TOTAL 33 71 10,696

HOSPITALS IN THE UAE

Few examples of hospitals:

Ranking World Rank Institute Size

1 2058 American Hospital 4203

2 2134 NMC Hospital Group 2049

3 2608 GMC Clinics 8789

4 3001 Zulekha Hospital 2257

5 3203 Tawam Hospital 5026

6 4181 Sheikh Khalifa Medical City 4037

7 4486 Mediclinic Middle East (EHL HealthCare Management Services) 3438

8 4888 Al Zahra Private Hospital 5077

• The UAE is taking several positive steps to improve health care industry. The

Ministry of Health is looking to enhance the nursing profession and establish a

program that will attract the Emiratis to take up nursing as a profession.

• In 2010, the UAE Nursing and Midwifery Council was formed to look after the

licensing as well as regulation of nurses, enhance the education of nurses and

reduce the problems within the profession.

• Most infectious diseases like malaria, measles and poliomyelitis that were once

prevalent in the UAE have been eradicated. New vaccination campaigns are

taking place to protect against chicken pox, pertusis and the rotavirus.

Steps taken to improve health care by UAE

• Higher Colleges of Technology, Fatima College of Health Sciences, Sharjah

University and Ras Al Khaimah Medical and Health Sciences University

which also offers a postgraduate program.

• As a part of Dubai’s 10 year plan, there is a need for at least 7523 doctors

and 8510 nurses to address the health care requirements of the Emiratis.

In order to overcome this, three new medical colleges and five new

nursing schools will be established. This would further aid in developing

domestic talent.

Universities that offer undergraduate nursing studies in the UAE

• The pay scale offered to the nurses would be increased so as to make it at

par with other GCC and global countries.

• Flexible work hours will also be implemented.

• The world’s largest healthcare free zone, the Dubai Health Care City

(DHCC) and has partnered with Queen’s University Belfast for expanding

the Mohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health

Sciences(MBR-UMHS) and its College of Medicine and to assist in

curriculum development, recruitment, staff selection, etc.

DHA’s work to improve nursing profession

Dubai :• 40 healthcare centers• 6 specialized centers at New Rashid Hospital: Heart, cancer, cosmetic surgery, day

surgery, a diagnostic center, and a center for treating kidney problems • Aster DM Healthcare: 3 hospitals (270 beds)• Dr. Soliman Fakeeh Hospital (DSFH): One Hospital at the Dubai Silicon Oasis (300

beds) • Mohammed bin Rashid Hospital: Located on Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road• New Rashid Hospital by DHA (300 beds +160 beds for emergencies)• The University Hospital: Fakeeh Medical University at the Dubai Silicon Oasis

Projects in pipeline

Abu Dhabi / Western Region : • Al Bustan Speciality Hospital - Mussafeh

• Bin Omeir Hospital

• Burjeel Medical City (a part of Mohammad Bin Zayed City) by VPS Healthcare

• Burjeel’s Reem Island Daycare Centre

• Dialysis Center

• SAS Al Nakheel Hospital

• Women’s Health Hospital in SKMC (838 beds)

• Zayed Military Hospital

• Al Towayya Ambulatory Healthcare Center

• Al Ain Hospital (a new replacement), increasing bed capacity from 412 to 713

• The UAE’s public policy for health care focuses on developing organizational

and legal frameworks based on best practice, and to overhaul and upgrade the

private and public sector health service capabilities. In addition, public policy

action will set priorities for health services development within the sector.

• The UAE in its modernization and path of reform is now evolving funding to

focus on increasingly important public-private partnerships. The UAE is

working with leading global institutions to further develop its health care

system.

Adoption of PPP model

• A new law requiring compulsory health insurance for all Dubai residents is one

of the steps taken by Dubai health authority which improves the health care

sector.

• Health insurance in Abu Dhabi became compulsory in 2005.

• The UAE has a lot of health insurance providers like Daman Insurance, Axa

Dubai, Aetna International, RSA Direct, Now Health International, Bupa Dubai,

ADNIC, Orient Insurance Company and Oman Insurance Company.

Health insurance facilitating growth