Latin America’s political leaders have faced the rigorous challenge of governing a growing and increasingly empowered middle class electorate amid the region’s 2015-16 economic downturn. Squeezed [...]
Mexico has the second highest number of hospitals in Latin America and is on the road to building efficiencies. There are over 3,600 hospitals in the country, with a rising average bed size, [...]
After five years of decelerating GDP growth, Latin America entered negative territory in 2015, from which it has yet to emerge. Between 2015 and 2016 the region lost over US$ 1 trillion in GDP [...]
Two years of low commodity prices has shaken the economic foundation of Latin America’s economies. Political woes rife with corruption have had a compounding e ect, buckling some of the region’s [...]
Guatemala is an average sized hospital market in number of institutions, but whose hospitals are larger than its Central American peers. The country is host to 148 hospitals – on par with other [...]
The Dominican Republic has a high number of hospitals, but remains a highly fragmented market. While there are many hospitals in the country (445), the average hospital is relatively small (25 beds).
Puerto Rico has a highly concentrated hospital market. While the number of hospitals is limited (67), the average hospital has 129 beds, making it the territory with the largest average hospital [...]
Costa Rica is one of Central America’s most important hospital markets, with a total of 136 hospitals and an average of 25 beds per hospital. However, penetration of capital equipment remains [...]
There are nearly 3 times as many hospitals in emerging markets as there are in developed economies – Mexico and Brazil are amongst the most important global healthcare markets. Yet Latin America [...]
Latin America’s healthcare sector is being affected by forces of expansion and contraction. According to GHI analysis, the sector will continue to grow at a solid pace in the coming years. [...]
