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Hospitals’ occupancy to remain healthy at 60-63% in near term: ICRA

12 Aug 2022 Evaluate

Rating agency ICRA in its latest report has said that strong demand for non-Covid treatments, increase in international patient hospitalizations and continued market share gains for organized players are expected to support occupancy levels going forward, despite supply additions. ICRA expects the occupancy for its sample set of hospitals to remain healthy at 60-63% in the near term. Further, the price increases taken by the hospitals during Q4 FY2022 and Q1 FY2023, relatively higher elective surgeries and focussed reduction on average length of stay (ALOS) will support average revenues per occupied bed (ARPOB) in the near term.

According to the report, with moderation in non-Covid margin-accretive surgeries due to the Omicron threat and minimal Covid hospitalisations due to milder infections, the occupancy for ICRA’s sample set contracted to 57.5% in Q4 FY2022 from 62.1% in Q3 FY2022, before recovering in March 2022. It said the deferral in elective procedures and disruption in international patient travel on account of Covid 3.0 led to sequential decline in footfalls during Q4 FY2022. It also said while international patient footfalls were subdued during H1 FY2022, recovery was witnessed in H2 FY2022 (except for January and February 2022) to a certain extent.

The report further said that while occupancy was relatively lower, optimization of the payor mix towards cash and insurance patients, low ALOS and uptick in footfalls at centres of excellence resulted in a sequential growth of 4.1% in ARPOB in Q4 FY2022. Overall, ICRA’s sample set witnessed the occupancy of 61.6%% in FY2022, against 53.1% in FY2021 and revenues witnessed YoY growth of 38% in FY2022.

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