The hospital industry accounts for half the healthcare sector’s revenues and is estimated to be worth USD 25 bn in 2008. The dismal performance by the Indian government in providing healthcare infrastructure has created tremendous opportunity for the private sector. The huge pent up demand for quality healthcare and increase in healthcare spending in the long-term are fundamentally strong drivers in this market.

The report begins with an overview on the industry including market size, growth, and key segments. An analysis of drivers explains factors contributing to the huge potential based on healthcare consumption, increasing instances of lifestyle-related diseases, medical tourism, and growing health insurance. The key challenges identified include significant capital requirements and a shortage of medical professionals. Major private players in the industry are also identified as well as new domestic and international entrants in the market.

The future outlook covers the nature of private equity investment and buyouts by large hospital chains, emergence of “health cities”, telemedicine initiatives, and finally the supply-demand situation in key metropolitan cities in 2011.