Hong Kong

The Voluntary Health Insurance System will offer $1,000 in tax benefits to lure residents.

Hospital-based care accounted for total health expenditure of $9.57b in 2018.

Authorities have set aside an additional $63.76m fund to support public hospitals.

This includes pharmaceutical firm Takeda’s $58b acquisition of Ireland’s drug company Shire.

This includes pharmaceutical firm Takeda’s $58b acquisition of Ireland’s drug company Shire.

5 in 10 deaths in 2016 were caused by stroke, cancers, diabetes, and respiratory diseases.

Residents believe it has higher growth potential over IT and e-commerce.

It has established a JV company in Hong Kong.

The hospital won the Facilities Improvement Initiative of the Year and the ICT Initiative of the Year.

Insufficient doctors and medical professionals, inevitably long waiting times, and empty unused wards are only the tip of the iceberg for Hong Kong’s struggling public healthcare system.

The first clinic will be located in Kwai Tsing.

A streamlined health app framework will soon be launched.

Absolute healthcare cost in the SAR stands at US$2,222.

There have been 26 ongoing or completed trials since July 2016.

Despite accounting for 90% of the city’s patients, public hospitals only employ 40% of the SAR’s doctors.

Ozone (O3) levels have hit their highest point in the twenty years.