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| title: "House Oversight: Estate Documents (Nov 12) (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016164)" |
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| costs. Hospitals would be under pressure to be more flexible on prices to avoid any |
| pressure should lower-cost packages impact their volumes. |
| Vision implies a long process |
| To us, the government's vision implies a two stage process over a long time-frame: |
| • In the short-term: improve the quality of care offered in the public sector, |
| potentially with the assistance of private healthcare |
| • In the long-term: Only when public facilities have improved, privatise such facilities |
| (although one medical city is to be privatised under a public-private partnership) |
| • Concurrently: Prepare for a roll-out of private health insurance to finance private |
| provision |
| Abu Dhabi and Dubai are probably not parallels |
| In Abu Dhabi and Dubai, private healthcare was encouraged to avoid expats relying on |
| public facilities. The large expat population in proportion to the locals (85:15) supported |
| the creation of private facilities that it was then possible for the governments to fully |
| fund Emiratis to use. The quality of public facilities was not a cause for concern - many |
| Emiratis still prefer to use government facilities for more serious problems. |
| Expat population and quality of public system differ in Saudi |
| The proportion of expats (33% of the population) is not large enough to drive the |
| establishment of a large, high quality private hospital base sufficient to serve the entire |
| Saudi population. Additionally, the quality of both care and infrastructure in the public |
| system is seen as lacking, suggesting additional investment in facilities is required. |
| Degree to which private sector will benefit is uncertain |
| Given the lack of detail provided to date, it is hard to assess the benefits, or risks to the |
| incumbent private hospital operators in detail. We see two main ways the private sector |
| can participate in healthcare reform: |
| • Win contracts to run and improve public health facilities |
| • Benefit from volume growth any roll-out of private health insurance could spur |
| • Participate in privatisations |
| In the long-term, volumes up but pricing down, likely to benefit nonetheless |
| At present there is limited supply of quality private hospitals and the incumbents are in |
| a strong bargaining position with insurers. Greater private hospital supply, and |
| competition, would likely pressure pricing, and margins in the longer-term, albeit offset |
| by increased volumes. Assuming only basic services are offered to most citizens under |
| any government-driven scheme, there would still be a place for offering higher-quality |
| accommodation for example, to higher-income patients. |
| Private sector could win public hospital contracts |
| Private operators could be allocated management contracts for public hospitals to |
| improve efficiency of existing hospitals, train public sector administrators and raise |
| clinical standards. Presumably reimbursement under such contracts would be based on a |
| fixed fee, potentially with performance clauses for improved outcomes or lowering |
| costs. More substantive contracts, where the private operator is responsible for all |
| aspects of operating the hospital could be more accretive, but bring greater financial |
| risk. |
| 54 |
| GEMs Paper #26 | 30 June 2016 |
| Pa Merrill Lynch |
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