Life expectancy development in Kuwait by gender

Kuwait has a state-funded healthcare system, which provides treatment without charge to holders of a Kuwaiti passport. A public insurance scheme exists to provide healthcare to non-citizens. Private healthcare providers also run medical facilities in the country, available to members of their insurance schemes.[1] As part of Kuwait Vision 2035, many new hospitals have opened.[2][3][4]

In the years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kuwait invested in its health care system at a rate that was proportionally higher than most other GCC countries.[5] As a result, the public hospital sector significantly increased its capacity.[4][2][3] Kuwait currently has 20 public hospitals.[6][3] The new Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital is considered the largest hospital in the Middle East.[7] Kuwait also has 16 private hospitals.[2]

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References

  1. ^ "HEALTH SERVICES". Embassy of Kuwait in Canada. Archived from the original on 5 September 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Kuwait 2020 Health Infrastructure Report". 4 April 2020. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Healthcare Infrastructure in Kuwait: On Solid Footing". 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Mega-projects boost hospital capacity in Kuwait". Oxford Business Group. 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Covid-19 Response Report Kuwait" (PDF). Oxford Business Group. 26 March 2021. p. 6.
  6. ^ Ali, Hayfaa; Ibrahem, Samaa Zenhom; Al Mudaf, Buthaina; Al Fadalah, Talal; Jamal, Diana; El-Jardali, Fadi (March 2018). "Baseline assessment of patient safety culture in public hospitals in Kuwait". BMC Health Services Research. 18 (1): 5. doi:10.1186/s12913-018-2960-x. ISSN 1472-6963. PMC 5840785. PMID 29510705. There are 20 public hospitals in Kuwait, however, we selected 16 hospitals as the remaining facilities had only recently been established and as such did not meet our inclusion criteria as detailed below.
  7. ^ "MidEast's largest hospital to open in Kuwait by end of 2016". 2016. Archived from the original on 13 December 2016.


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