Chile - Medical Devices Market Outlook - Market Intelligence Report
Dublin (PRWEB) October 13, 2005
Research and Markets (http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c25673 (http://www. researchandmarkets. com/reports/c25673)) has announced the addition of Chile - Medical Devices Market Outlook - Market Intelligence Report to their offering
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Topics Covered
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
MEDICAL DEVICE MARKET
Current Size
Projections
Outlook
Market Structure
Domestic Production
Imports
Exports
Market developments
The Reform: The Chilean Healthcare Planning Objectives, 2000-2010
Financing Government Expenditure Law
Health Authority and Management Law
Health Guarantees System (AUGE) Law
Private Health Law
Investment for the Reform
Development of Public and Private Health Partnerships
KEY NATIONAL DATA PROJECTIONS
INTERNATIONAL MARKET COMPARISONS
SOURCES
LST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
Summary
With a population of 16 million, Chile is one of the smaller countries in South America. Around 40% of the population lives in and around the capital, Santiago. The country has made a generally successful transition to democracy following the retirement of General Pinochet in 1989.
Chile is one the region's better economic performers, with GDP per capita of US$6,292 in 2005. In Latin America, only Mexico has a higher figure. Chile has generally avoided regional trading blocs such as Mercosur, preferring bilateral agreements such as the recent Free Trade Agreement with the USA.
As in much of Latin America, healthcare provision is a complex mixture of public, private and social insurance, although the current government is implementing plans aimed at creating a more efficient public system. Chile has a relatively well-developed system of private health insurance, the ISAPRE system, although this has been hit financially in recent years.
Chile produces very little medical equipment, so the market is largely supplied by imports. The USA is the dominant supplier, accounting for 40-50% of imports each year. The European Union supplies a further 25%, of which Germany accounts for half.
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