Our goal is to capture what is happening in Latin American hospitals and share these updates with our audience. Currently, our team already is in regular contact with thousands of hospitals as we update information for our HospiScope database and offer new data for our Latin America Hospital Monitoring service.

What we’ve done is take advantage of that regular contact to produce this new resource for our readers. In this issue for Chile, we cover topics like:

• Data on COVID vaccination levels in Chile, along with projected dates for herd immunity in the country
• When Chile will see a return to pre-pandemic levels for elective surgical procedures
• Which categories of medical equipment are expected to post an increase in purchases in 2022, according to medical professionals in Chile

And more!

Click here to download the report.

Deepen Your Insights
Subscribing to the Latin America Hospital Monitoring service allows you to access much more data than in this brief report, and it’s updated monthly. You access it using a Power BI platform with simple, efficient data displays. Click here to find out more about how you can subscribe to the Latin America Hospital Monitoring service.

Our goal is to capture what is happening in Latin American hospitals and share these updates with our audience. Currently, our team already is in regular contact with thousands of hospitals as we update information for our HospiScope database and offer new data for our Latin America Hospital Monitoring service.

What we’ve done is take advantage of that regular contact to produce this new resource for our readers. In this issue for Argentina, we cover topics like:

• Data on COVID vaccination levels in Argentina, along with projected dates for herd immunity in the country
• The current levels for surgical procedures in Argentine hospitals and how they compare to pre-pandemic levels
• Which specialty surgery areas in Argentina are lagging the most and by how much, compared to pre-pandemic levels
• Which types of surgeries present a captive demand that has been unaffected by the pandemic due to their urgent natures
• Which two brands are regarded by Argentine healthcare providers as the leading brands in the country, due to their durability

And more!

Click here to download the report.

Deepen Your Insights
Subscribing to the Latin America Hospital Monitoring service allows you to access much more data than in this brief report, and it’s updated monthly. You access it using a Power BI platform with simple, efficient data displays. Click here to find out more about how you can subscribe to the Latin America Hospital Monitoring service.

Our goal is to capture what is happening in Latin American hospitals and share these updates with our audience. Currently, our team already is in regular contact with thousands of hospitals as we update information for our HospiScope database and offer new data for our Latin America Hospital Monitoring service.

What we’ve done is take advantage of that regular contact to produce this new resource for our readers. In this issue for Colombia, we cover topics like:

• Data on COVID vaccination levels in Colombia, along with projected dates for herd immunity in the country
• When Colombia will see a return to pre-pandemic levels of medical devices purchases
• What percentage of surgical procedures could not be postponed due to the pandemic—and which are they

And more!

Click here to download the report.

Deepen Your Insights

Subscribing to the Latin America Hospital Monitoring service allows you to access much more data than in this brief report, and it’s updated monthly. You access it using a Power BI platform with simple, efficient data displays. Click here to find out more about how you can subscribe to the Latin America Hospital Monitoring service.

• Argentina
• Brazil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Mexico
• Peru

For each country, you will find a list of the top 10 best-equipped hospitals according to the following categories:

• Best Equipped for Hosting Patients
• Best Infrastructure for High Procedure Count
• Highest Count of Basic Surgical Equipment
• Best-Equipped Hospitals for Accommodating Newborns
• Best-Equipped Hospitals for Primary Diagnostics
• Best Installed Base for Treating Cancer
• Best-Equipped Hospitals for Advanced Diagnostic Imaging
• Best-Equipped Hospitals for High-Risk Patients

While the amount of medical equipment that a hospital or clinic possess is in no way the only factor in determining its quality, it can be helpful to understand what different institutions have available. Through HospiScope, SurgiScope, In-Scope, ShareScope, and LatAm Hospital Monitoring Service, GHI provides market intelligence for medical equipment/device manufacturers. As such, HospiRank could offer useful information about potential or existing clients. And for hospital administrators and public health officials, HospiRank could also offer data that is useful for benchmarking or to complementing existing knowledge about the medical resources available in a specific country.

With that in mind, we have made these rankings available to the general public. Beyond the 2021 rankings, on GHI’s site you can also find HospiRank for 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, allowing you to make comparisons over time in the case of certain countries.

Explore further

Contact us if you’re interested in obtaining more market data about the Brazilian or Latin American hospital market, such as:

• A market landscape study for specific equipment types or sectors
• How to use GHI’s database to improve your CRM with fresh data
• Creating a sales propension study for your particular product(s) in your market(s) of interest
• Closely monitoring developments in Brazilian hospitals on a monthly basis using a power BI platform
• Forecasting demand or market sizing for medical equipment or devices

And much more.

You can also learn more about LatAm’s hospital market by reading other GHI articles, which include a new Brazilian medical market report, an infographic about Brazilian hospitals, and other key insights.

• Argentina
• Brazil
• Chile
• Colombia
• Mexico
• Peru

For each country, you will find a list of the top 10 best-equipped hospitals according to the following categories:

• Best Equipped for Hosting Patients
• Best Infrastructure for High Procedure Count
• Highest Count of Basic Surgical Equipment
• Best-Equipped Hospitals for Accommodating Newborns
• Best-Equipped Hospitals for Primary Diagnostics
• Best Installed Base for Treating Cancer
• Best-Equipped Hospitals for Advanced Diagnostic Imaging
• Best-Equipped Hospitals for High-Risk Patients

While the amount of medical equipment that a hospital or clinic possess is in no way the only factor in determining its quality, it can be helpful to understand what different institutions have available. Through HospiScope, SurgiScope, In-Scope, ShareScope, and LatAm Hospital Monitoring Service, GHI provides market intelligence for medical equipment/device manufacturers. As such, HospiRank could offer useful information about potential or existing clients. And for hospital administrators and public health officials, HospiRank could also offer data that is useful for benchmarking or to complementing existing knowledge about the medical resources available in a specific country.

With that in mind, we have made these rankings available to the general public. Beyond the 2021 rankings, on GHI’s site you can also find HospiRank for 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020, allowing you to make comparisons over time in the case of certain countries.

Explore further

Contact us if you’re interested in obtaining more market data about the Latin American hospital market, such as:

• A market landscape study for specific equipment types or sectors
• How to use GHI’s database to improve your CRM with fresh data
• Creating a sales propension study for your particular product(s) in your market(s) of interest
• Closely monitoring developments in Latin American hospitals on a monthly basis using a power BI platform
• Forecasting demand or market sizing for medical equipment or devices

And much more.

You can also learn more about LatAm’s hospital market by reading other GHI articles, which include a new Brazilian medical market report, an analysis of hospitals with robotic surgery systems, 2022 projections for Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Argentina, and other key insights.

Our patient care report, which you can find by clicking here, covers issues related to treatment.

However, the report below is for the medical market and designed to help medical equipment/devices professionals obtain up-to-the-moment market intelligence for different markets in Latin America.

Currently, our team already is in regular contact with thousands of hospitals as we update information for our HospiScope database and offer new data for our Latin America Hospital Monitoring service.

What we’ve done is take advantage of that regular contact to produce this new resource for our readers. In this issue for Colombia, we cover topics like:

• The 2 types of medical equipment that have grown the most thus far in 2021
• When hospitals in Colombia expect to regain their normal procedure volume
• Data on price increases for ventilators and personal protective equipment during the pandemic in Colombia—and when professionals expect these prices to return to normal
• Market leaders in Colombia for neurology, diabetes care, cardiovascular equipment, ventilators and other categories

And much more.

Click on the image below to download the report.

Deepen Your Insights

Subscribing to the Latin America Hospital Monitoring service allows you to access much more data than in this brief report, and it’s updated weekly. You access it using a Power BI platform with simple, efficient data displays. Click here to find out more about how you can subscribe to the Latin America Hospital Monitoring service.

GHI’s team recently analyzed the verified year-end figures for Colombia in the HospiScope database to evaluate the changes in the market as well as the significant drops that were observed.

Basic Breakdown

In 2020 Colombia posted decreases in many of the basic medical equipment categories tracked in HospiScope, with a few negligible-to-modest increases, including:

• Infusion pumps: -7.3% decrease in Colombia in 2020
• Patient monitoring systems: -3.6% decrease in Colombia in 2020
• Ventilators: -2.1% decrease in Colombia in 2020
• X-ray machines: -1.7% decrease in Colombia in 2020
• EKG machines: 0.3% increase in Colombia in 2020
• Ultrasound machines: 0.4% increase in Colombia in 2020
• Anesthesia machines: 2.3% increase in Colombia in 2020

Specialized Shrinkage

In 2020 Colombia posted a number of drops in specialized equipment counts, among them:

• Hemodialysis machines: -17.6% decrease in Colombia in 2020
• Radiotherapy equipment: -12.7% decrease in Colombia in 2020
• Gamma cameras: -11.1% decrease in Colombia in 2020
• Stereotactic mammography machines: -7.9% decrease in Colombia in 2020
• Lithotripter machines: -5.2% decrease in Colombia in 2020
• Linear accelerators: -4.6% decrease in Colombia in 2020
• Fluoroscopes: -1.3% decrease in Colombia in 2020
• Bone densitometers: -1.3% decrease in Colombia in 2020

However, there were also some bright spots, with increases that included: 

• PET systems: 48.9% increase in Colombia in 2020
• MRI machines: 6.2% increase in Colombia in 2020
• Angiograms: 2.6% increase in Colombia in 2020
• C-arms: 1.4% increase in Colombia in 2020
• CT scanners: 1.5% increase in Colombia in 2020

Medical Equipment Market Growth in Colombia, 2019-2023

To determine whether 2020 was an aberration or reflects the current and near-future state of the medical equipment/devices market in Colombia for 2021 and beyond, it’s helpful to look at future projections. The GHI team analyzed historical data for Colombia, along with recent numbers, to project growth/contraction for specific equipment types through 2023. The forecast through 2023 is as follows:

• Patient monitoring systems: 42% CAGR, 2019-2023
• Ventilators: 6% CAGR, 2019-2023
• Anesthesia machines: 5% CAGR, 2019-2023  
• Infusion pumps: -4% CAGR, 2019-2023  
• Ultrasound machines: -3% CAGR, 2019-2023   
• EKG machines: -2% CAGR, 2019-2023  
• X-ray machines: -2% CAGR, 2019-2023  

Compared to 2020, the prospects for basic equipment appear to be more encouraging, though they are not as favorable as those for other countries.

With specialized equipment, these are the near-term forecasts for Colombia:

• MRI machines: 20% CAGR, 2019-2023  
• Hemodialysis machines:  18% CAGR, 2019-2023   
• Fluoroscopes: 8% CAGR, 2019-2023   
• Gamma cameras: 4% CAGR, 2019-2023   
• C-arms: 4% CAGR, 2019-2023   
• Angiograms: 2% CAGR, 2019-2023   
• Lithotripter machines: -3% CAGR, 2019-2023   
• Radiotherapy equipment: -4% CAGR, 2019-2023   
• Bone densitometers: -6% CAGR, 2019-2023   
• Stereotactic mammography machines: -18% CAGR, 2019-2023   
• PET systems: -19% CAGR, 2019-2023   

In 2020, 5 specialized equipment categories posted growth, compared to 6 categories that have strong projected growth through 2023. In addition, this projected growth is generally more robust than the relatively modest growth of 2020. While there are equipment categories with drops, these are generally not as severe as those noted for 2020, nor are there as many.

What Does 2021 Look Like?

One of the best ways to find how the medical equipment/devices market will be in 2021 is to contact us.

We can help you understand 2021 in a number of ways:

• Our Latin America Hospital Monitoring service can give you weekly data updates on Colombian hospitals—including surgical procedures, new admissions and, of course, equipment—that you can access via a Power BI platform
• HospiScope will give you equipment counts for Colombian hospitals so you can see the latest data on your top accounts and prospects
• SurgiScope lets you see the most common surgical procedures in Colombian hospitals, allowing you to gauge demand for your surgical products, such as generators, tables, anesthesia machines and more
• ShareScope tells you which companies are the market share leaders in Colombia for dozens of common types of medical equipment
• In-Scope lets you determine what kind of specialized study you need and our team then delivers the crucial answers for your strategic questions

Contact us to see how we can help you understand the driving factors behind the 2020 numbers om Colombia, along with what to expect in 2021 and beyond.