Credit rating agency CRISIL in its latest report has said that profitability of India’s hospital sector would continue to improve in the current financial year (FY20) as well as next financial year (FY21). It noted that the improvement in demand will be driven by enhanced coverage under Ayushman Bharat, deeper expansion in smaller towns, alterations made to healthcare delivery models by hospital chains to align with regulatory changes as well as factors like increasing lifestyle diseases and medical tourism.
According to the report, preference for private hospitals is increasing with insurance coverage of Rs 5 lakh under the Ayushman Bharat scheme (up from Rs 1-3 lakh under various government schemes). It expects 60-70 percent of bed additions to come up in tier II locations in the next 2-3 fiscals. It added that currently, healthcare facilities are clustered around tier I cities such as Chennai, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, and Mumbai.
The report further said that even as revenue growth is set to increase to 14-15 percent over fiscals 2020 and 2021, operating profitability of hospital firms is also expected to improve to 16 percent over this period. It noted that this will be supported by a rise in bed occupancy rates to 75 per cent from 60-65 per cent, automation and optimisation of clinical procedures, efficient sourcing, and continuing recalibration of pricing of services.
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