Ganesh: Hospitals make peak margins in the first three days of admission
Meena Ganesh · She Sold Her Companies To ICICI & Pearson, Then Built Portea - Serving 1 Mil Patients In 40+ Cities · Jun 14, 2024 · at 1:04:39
Portea founder Meena Ganesh explains hospital unit economics and why small healthcare facilities struggle to achieve profitability compared to large specialty hospital chains.
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“Where does the hospital make money really is in the first two days of the of the admission of a patient. And that's when the real amount of revenue per operating bed comes in. After that, it becomes like a hostel or it becomes like a hotel. They're paying for the room and they're paying for some basic services. That's all. The first two, three days when all the diagnostics and all the operation, the surgery is happening and all kinds of medications are used. That's when the maximum amount of revenues and hence margins come.”
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