30-Apr-15 Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has called for more medical reform measures to overcome difficulties in the healthcare system. Key areas include preventing hospitals being financed by drug sales, improvements in medical insurance payments, more private investment, and establishing a multi-tiered diagnosis and treatment system. [image: Xinhua Finance Agency]

20-Apr-15 Ageing and rapid urbanisation mean that non-communicable diseases (NCDs) could cost Indonesia as much as USD4.5 trillion from 2012 to 2030, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has warned. That's more than five times Indonesia's 2012 GDP. [image: Himawan Listya Nugraha/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images]

16-Apr-15 National targets require Australia's Northern Territory to treat 83% of emergency patients within four hours, but just 62% were seen in this time, an AMA report card on public hospitals revealed. The report warns of a “perfect storm” as this poor performance is combined with $60 billion in Federal Government funding cuts over the next 10 years. [image: NT News]

04-Apr-15 India’s per capita government expenditure on health in PPP terms is USD44, as against USD809 in Russia, USD474 in Brazil and USD236 in China. Considering that Indians constitute a sixth of humanity, a significant rise in health expenditure is urgently required to ensure universal health coverage. [image: The Hindu]

03-Mar-15 Hong Kong will continue to increase healthcare spending. In the 2015-16 budget, allocation to the Hospital Authority will increase nearly 50%. Financial Secretary John Tsang said the growth of the elderly population will push up demand for healthcare. He said the government will carry out projects to provide an additional 2,000 beds. [image: Healthcare Innovation]