What HospiRank Offers

HospiRank is a resource that serves as a reference point for hospitals, medical-equipment manufacturers, hospital administrators, or any individual or institution looking for specific information about equipment, infrastructure, and needs in hospitals in Latin America. For the largest hospital markets in Latin America, the 2022 edition of HospiRank breaks down:

• The hospitals best equipped to receive patients
• The greatest infrastructure for high procedure volume
• The greatest quantities of basic surgical equipment
• The hospitals best equipped to care for newborns
• The hospitals best equipped for primary diagnosis
• The largest installed base for treating cancer
• The hospitals best equipped for advanced diagnostic imaging
• The hospitals best equipped to care for high-risk patients

Key Data on the Medical Equipment Market in Latin America

Aside from rankings, the 2022 edition of HospiRank also provides market intelligence on the use of medical equipment and devices in Latin America, including:

• Total number of hospitals, beds, operating rooms, and delivery rooms in Latin America
• Total numbers of electrocardiographs, hemodialysis machines, CT scanners, and MRI machines in Latin America
• Penetration level of basic equipment (X-ray machines, anesthesia machines, infusion pumps, ventilators) in Latin American hospitals
• Penetration level of specialized equipment (C-arms, linear accelerators, gamma cameras, PET systems, etc.) in Latin American hospitals

The general report also provides an overview of data for hospitals in 7 countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile,  Colombia, Mexico and Peru. Among other things, the report includes data on:

• Number of hospitals
• Operating rooms
• Hospital beds
• Specific medical equipment ranging from linear accelerators, C-arms, and angiography machines, to PACS, PET systems, and CT scanners

Numbers of Hospitals with Robotic Surgery Systems in Latin America

The 2022 edition has another major section: a breakdown of all hospitals in Latin America that currently have robotic surgery systems, a topic that has gained importance in the field of hospitals and medical equipment/devices.  For example, different models of the Da Vinci surgical system, as well as Hugo by Medtronic, and ROSA by Zimmer Bionet, are mentioned on the list of several hospitals in certain countries.  The use of this type of equipment means an increasing number of institutions are looking to adopt high-tech, state-of-the-art systems.

HospiRank Is Now Available to Everyone

In the summer of 2022, GHI launched HospiRank 2022 for the media only. This report is now available to the public in the following forms:

• The rankings of the best equipped hospitals of 2022 in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, all listed online
• Access to the HospiRank general report, which lists the top 5 Latin American hospitals in all 8 HospiRank categories

The general report also includes interviews with HospiRank’s outstanding hospital directors in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, including:

• Médica Sur and Hospital Juárez in Mexico
• Hospital Italiano and Hospital Universitario Austral in Argentina
• Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe and Hospital Universitario Méderi in Colombia
• Hospital Barros Luco Trudeau in Chile
• Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño San Borja in Peru

Next Steps

To access this ranking—the only one offering data obtained directly from hospitals rather than a calculated overall ranking that does NOT specify data on medical equipment—simply click on the links below:

• Argentina’s best equipped hospitals in 2022
• Brazil’s best equipped hospitals in 2022
• Chile’s best equipped hospitals in 2022
• Colombia’s best equipped hospitals in 2022
• Mexico’s best equipped hospitals in 2022
• Peru’s best equipped hospitals in 2022

You can also request the general report by clicking here: HospiRank: Latin America’s best equipped hospitals in 2022

To fill this gap, Global Health Intelligence (GHI) decided to delve into its database (which covers 86% of all hospitals in Latin America and now includes Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay) to analyze which hospitals have the highest equipment counts in 4 specific categories:

• Patient care (number of beds)
• Diagnostic imaging equipment
• Cardiovascular equipment
• Maternity unit equipment

These four categories are critical pillars when evaluating patient care. The number of beds within an institution is often an indicator of the size of the hospital and may be correlated to the level of care. Diagnostic imaging equipment is essential to properly diagnose any number of life-threatening and chronic conditions. Cardiovascular equipment is just as important given the prevalence of heart disease in Latin America. A majority of births take place in hospitals and birthing is one of the main activities of most hospitals, which denotes significant importance to maternity units and infant care. While additional categories could have been included, GHI decided to focus on these 4 areas of care in order make the ranking more manageable.

Why Multiple Categories and Countries?

Rankings are often all-encompassing with no specific focus, such as the “The 50 best hospitals.” Given the complexities of healthcare systems in place and the context in which they operate, GHI opted to acknowledge these characteristics by creating a ranking per leading category. This also enables smaller yet more specialized hospitals to form part of the ranking.

GHI applied the same plurality by setting up the rankings per country in order to reflect local market dynamics accurately. For example, Brazil has over 200 million people and over 7,000 hospitals. It would be an unjust comparison to include Brazilian hospitals alongside those of Peru, for instance, a market that’s 10 times smaller.

Rankings for the Best Equipped Hospitals

The best-equipped hospitals in Argentina
The best-equipped hospitals in Brazil
The best-equipped hospitals in Chile
The best-equipped hospitals in Colombia
The best-equipped hospitals in Dominican Republic
The best-equipped hospitals in Mexico
The best-equipped hospitals in Peru
The best-equipped hospitals in Puerto Rico

Dive Deeper

This GHI ranking will give you an initial sense of which Latin American hospitals are best-equipped. But that’s just a surface view. It takes a deeper dive into the data to understand which market segments have the best potential to drive your revenues.

You can get this deep dive by subscribing to our database , which quickly lets you use data visualization tools to see which hospitals have the biggest needs and what those needs are. Parsing that is what will uncover opportunities for your sales team and allow you to grow your revenues in different markets. Check out this video to understand how the database can help drive new and existing revenue streams. Then contact GHI directly for an even deeper sense of how our database can be the perfect tool for your sales team.