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Investing in Health

The cohort of baby boomers changed the world we live in and the lens through which we see. The aging of this group (approximately one third of the population) will continue to pave the way for dramatic changes in all sectors and most commercial areas of our lives for years to come. The population boom in North America is also present unique challenges for the government to run social programs and provides unprecedented opportunities for firms with entrepreneurship and lawresources. Boomer, while consumption patterns have changed over time, there is still a strong correlation between their wishes and needs (and wants / needs of their children) and capital flows in almost all economic sectors. Clearly, as baby boomers age, their consumption habits are changing too. This redefinition of spending priorities, has become an area of study for governments and organizations of similar investments. One area that surfaces repeatedly and became prominent in the study ofconsumption patterns are the health care boom.

Health care is one of the sectors that are more affected by this demographic change. While many boomers will continue working, many are retired or nearing retirement. Most baby boomers are either still considered fairly young (mentally and physically) - the oldest, born in 1946, one year after the boys "Come Home" from the Second World War. For those of you without your calculator, the oldest boomers will be age 622008. Factoid this small but important is lost in many investors are optimistic that in the present day as "happy" in the investment options in health care for seniors' housing or long-term care. However, there will be 15 or 20 years before the peak of the boom reaches the age at which these services are most in demand.

But many people, including professional investors, to forget or never learned is that most of the current demand for health care has been taken by children of World War I orwhat has been coined the Greatest Generation. The Greatest Generation is compromised by those who have reached adulthood just before, and has served in the Second World War. Many came from rural areas of Canada and the United States and settled in large urban centers after the war. This generation is totally different from the next generation. While the differences are beyond the scope of this article, suffice it to say that those who seriously study the demographic of baby boomers expect to have a veryanother set of confidence in the health care and services other than their parents.

So, to summarize so far, there is a significant number of opportunities in the United States and Canada in health investment, but these opportunities are not unlimited and neither is a sure bet. Demographic changes are important drivers of patterns of health. It is important to pilots and to provide care demands of market and demographic to whichrightly belong.

Thus, while the investment opportunities in health abound, there is no substitute for common sense on the basis of the investigation record. This is true for any investment decision. It is also essential that current and projected changes in the following areas are examined in detail: the demography, finance, macro-economics, geography, attitudes and behaviors of consumers, motivating factors (e. g. , Luxurious, fear), urban / rural, SES, education, culture, risk orientation, and otherIndividual factors and group. Although this article zeros on the effects that the "baby boomers" will have on the market for investments in health, there is a multiplicity of factors and other segments of the population who are and will continue to exert considerable pressure on the health economics and consumption patterns.

The following activities relating to the provision of health care is and will be worthy of consideration by individuals, private equity investors and venture capital.Again, it should be noted that the list is a starting point, and that investment decisions should be made on the best information possible and projective. You will need to use a range of analytical tools and methods (e. g., Porter's five forces and other financial and statistical methods and models) to assess the industry / sector / Occasion of business before making a major investment in health care. However, investment potential healthopportunities in the following areas:




Centers of integrated health care, namely, primary care (especially medical services, diagnosis (X-rays, CT, MRI), laboratory, pharmacy and are delivered within a short radius)




Suppliers of goods and services for the management of diabetes, congestive heart failure, COPD, coronary artery disease and other chronic diseases with a high incidence




Suppliers of mobility and otherdaily for people in a series of serious impairment of mobility or a fine or other constraints on mobility (e. g., caused by pain, arthritis, joint immobility)




Biotechology and pharmaceutical innovators and providers (care must be exercised because of patent restrictions, the proliferation of alternative products - generic drugs, the approval process long process and other risks due to dispute Vioxx)




Healthhospitality and service outsourcing (again, depends heavily on context and requires a significant demand analysis of pilot quantities of the Union policy, environmental / non-unionized and the other forces of 'analysis)




In services, home health (nursing e. g., physiotherapy, occupational therapy, care and support)




Medical or surgical withdrawals (highly specialized, a significant risk)




Assisted Living or Long-Term Care (theresources are capital intensive and focused on parents of baby boomers, ie, children of the First World War) - who turns 20 before the baby boomers will require such services in a any volume large (warning)




Equipment suppliers and major / minor supplies (e. g., MRI, CT, ultrasound machines using reusable and disposable)




Suppliers of medical equipment refurbished for secondary markets, more price sensitive buyers(e. g. refurbished CT scanner for a smaller rural hospital)




Centers of alternative medicine (e. g. Offer Ayurvedic medicine, acupuncture, traditional Chinese medicine)

Given that IT is a key role in health, the following is a list of stand-alone technology-related opportunities related to data / information collection and transfer:




Features: Fast, easy to use, portable and easy workflow Highcare settings stress (e. g., emergency services, tele-health)




Devices whose operating systems converge with the central systems that enable network monitoring, auditing, and generate reports with the minimum contribution and the strong rule-based error control




Device or system that integrates data from disparate network health and traffic




Devices or systems, precision services expedite




Devices or systems that improve accuracy and speed of diagnosis




Devices or systems that improve reduce human errors and increase the likelihood of appropriate treatment options and targeted




Translational applications and devices of all kinds, namely the translation of a real "hands-on" data into usable information and interoperable, which can be used for diagnosis, treatment, recovery and planning




Electronic Device Technology for Decision Makers




The providers of software applications that integrate the value chain of health inequalities and fragmentation of the supply chain




The providers of software applications that integrate workflow in a hospital (admission e. g., departures, transfers), the rent credit-care provision care payments and other / P and A of the flat Platforms / R and alignment applications




The providers of software applications that improve, streamline or facilitate the planning of patient care




Suppliers of systems integration




The providers of software applications for human resources, CRM, finance and other business functions

These are some possibilities "that exist in the health context. As you can imagine, many areas have been explored by major companies. Health care is particularly attractive forlarger, more highly capitalized companies and software developers. The competition between these groups is fierce because of the high amount of funds in the health sector and market opportunities driven by demographics and the need to continually improve the system performance. To date, there is a studio with a strategic competitive advantage in one area, although some areas of health care (e. g., diagnostic) have a high concentration of highly capitalized companies (e. g., GE and SiemensCompetitors in CT, MRI Market).

In addition to the investment decision is decided, the amount of money that the risk must be proportional to your risk tolerance. Attitudes "slam dunk" opportunity can not be dogs if circumstances permit, or an obstacle is not weighed specific context, or social, to do an about-face.

If you analyze the markets for opportunities to invest in health, be sure to do due diligence and help in investigating this complex andever expanding field. Due diligence is important before investing capital is essential to ensure high double digits, while minimizing risks.

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