Oman Health Sector Research Highlights

Overview

Better patient care and cost savings result from advancing medical technology
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Rising health care costs, ageing populations and changing lifestyles in emerging economies are stoking demand for medical technology (medtech) solutions. These entail not just smart devices that remotely monitor and transmit biometric data, but any instance of technology that helps to deliver health services. These initiatives are happening everywhere, but there are significant differences…

Overview

Growing health care demands in Oman met by increased private sector participation
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The introduction of the mandatory health insurance law in March 2019 is expected to have major effects on care provision in Oman. New regulations now require private sector employers to provide coverage for their expatriate staff, as well as for their spouses and children. This comes as the government takes prudent steps to tighten its budget and looks to shift the cost burden of provision…

Country Report

The Report: Oman 2020
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While still largely dependent on oil and gas revenue, a strong commitment to diversification – beginning in earnest in 2014 – has seen Oman’s non-oil sector record an average real GDP growth rate of 7% since the turn of the century. The country’s strategic position near established global trade routes and a history of political neutrality is opening up opportunities for Oman in transport,

Chapter

The Report: Oman 2020: Health
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The implementation of mandatory health insurance in March 2019 is expected to have major effects on care provision in Oman. New regulations now require private sector employers to provide coverage for their expatriate staff, as well as their spouses and children. This comes as the government takes prudent steps to tighten its budget and looks to shift the cost burden of provision, which has been…

Overview

A growing population finds a health care system ready to meet: its needs On the rise
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Oman boasts a universal health care system, which offers free primary health care to Omanis and subsidised care for the foreign population of the sultanate. Over the past four decades greater access to medical facilities and doctors has greatly improved the lifespan of Omani citizens, who have seen their life expectancies increase from 49.3 years in 1970 to roughly 76 years in 2016. However,…

Chapter

The Report: Oman 2017: Health
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Oman boasts a universal health care system, which offers free primary health care to Omanis and subsidised care to foreign residents. Over the past four decades greater access to medical facilities and doctors has greatly improved the lifespan of Omani citizens, who have seen their life expectancies increase from 49.3 years in 1970 to roughly 76 years in 2016. However, the cost of the public health…

Analysis

Major new health care development projects should significantly: expand capacity Welcome developments
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Efforts are under way in Oman to construct a number of new hospitals and health centres to help meet the growing demands being placed on the national health care system. In 2015 nearly 326,000 patients received treatment and around 102,000 surgical operations were performed in Oman, which has a population of roughly 4.5m, according to government data. GROWING THE SYSTEM: In a statement issued…

Economic Update

What the insurance law means for Oman’s health sector

Following the success of compulsory medical insurance policies in other Gulf states, Oman has initiated the rollout of its own national mandate. The Unified Health Insurance Policy (UHIP), also known as Dhamani, was unveiled in late March. The policy is expected to grant up to 2m private sector workers and their dependents access to health care, and its phase-in is scheduled to begin later this…

Overview

Oman's Health Vision 2050 to provide high-quality services for long term
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In recent decades there has been a major improvement in the quality of health care in Oman. Rising living standards have greatly reduced the impact of contagious diseases, though the high rates of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), common among many GCC countries, continue to climb. Despite feeling the impact of the fiscal austerity caused by low oil prices, the country’s health sector is…

Overview

Demand for pharmaceutical products rising worldwide
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In recent decades, the pharmaceutical market has expanded its geographical reach. This trend appears to be here to stay; in a survey of major pharmaceutical firms conducted by global consulting firm PwC’s Strategy& team, more than half of respondents anticipated that over 30% of their global sales would originate in emerging markets by 2018. Even in the most newly opened markets, drug…

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Oman Health Sector Research Highlights

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