The Business Model of Indian Hospitals Simplified.

“We are blessed to be living in a country where the cost of healthcare is the lowest in the world.” ~Dr. Devi Shetty, Narayana Health

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1/ In the Indian healthcare delivery market; the pharmaceuticals market is 20% of the pie. While Hospitals market is 3x that of theirs.

Big opportunity size, however, is it investment-worthy? Let's see.

2/ Before we get into the details:

Do brush up on the different abbreviations associated with the Hospitals & the Pharmaceuticals industry in General, for example ALOS, ARPOB, NABH, etc.

Inpatient (IPD): Need to get hospitalized
Outpatient (OPD): No need to get hospitalized

3/ The hospitals are of basically 3 types:

Primary: For OPD only (no beds), sends to below hospitals for further treatment

Secondary: IPD & OPD in medium-sized general hospitals

Tertiary: Can treat all complex ailments & huge in size, Major listed companies are focused here.

4/ Hospitals can also be classified based on Ownership & management:

Here, the listed companies either are in private or manage hospitals owned by others (Asset light business, due to the very high land prices in metro cities)