Developments to modernise Dubai’s health sector over the last decade have seen its infrastructure indicators speed ahead of the regional average in most major categories. The government accounts for 74% of all health care spending in the UAE, according to the latest World Health Organisation (WHO) statistics from 2011, but private health care...
With an increasing population where lifestyle-related illnesses are ever more common, pharmaceuticals companies should see steadily rising demand for their products in Dubai and throughout the GCC. Successful entry into the market is no easy task, and although demand is indeed growing in the region, the Middle East still only accounts for...
How is Dubai’s regulatory framework supporting the development and positioning of its health sector?
As the domestic health care sector continues to grow, Dubai has become a home to some of the sector’s most cutting edge innovations and the regional centre for many companies that are developing and delivering these technologies. Not only does the emirate boast a range of private hospitals and clinics, but the government has made information and...
Already an indispensible part of the health care sector in the emirate, private medical care is ready to enter into a new and even more mature phase. Among the factors driving its growth are a new health insurance law that is being rolled out over the next several years, which will bring millions of new domestic customers to the private market....
In the closing weeks of 2013 the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) announced the details of a long-anticipated new health insurance mandate. Based on an employer-provided benefit model, the new regulation stipulates that by October 2014 companies that have more than 1000 employees will be required to provide health insurance to their staff.
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