MEA Long-term Care Software Market

MEA Long-term Care Software Market Size (2022 to 2027)

The size of the Middle East & Africa Long-term Care Software Market was valued at USD 0.19 billion in 2023 and expected to grow at a CAGR of 13.23%, to reach USD 0.35 billion by 2028.

Long-term care software facilitates operations and improves the efficiency of health facility delivery, reducing health care costs and achieving efficiency. There are adopted in hospitals, nursing homes, healthcare centers, and others. Chronic disease prevalence, injuries, and the growing geriatric population are mainly responsible for driving the long-term care software market in the MEA region. It is estimated that there was around 55 million elderly population in the sub-Saharan region, aged over 65 years, who had the highest number of fatal falls. Other primary factors such as healthcare reforms and government initiatives, the increased awareness of diseases, the improvement of health care infrastructure, increasing healthcare needs, shortage of skilled and qualified professionals, and the growing need to reduce health care costs are also expected to drive the market growth.

Many government policies and laws, such as the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, aim to improve the health care sector's quality, safety, management, and efficiency. Furthermore, digitalization of electronic health records and health information is vital for the proper administration of the disease, for improved prognosis. These factors are expected to increase the market demand for long-term care software, which will drive the market's growth. In addition, the rise of remote patient monitoring and increased healthcare spending opens new growth avenues for the market, and the rise of cloud-based software will create new opportunities for the MEA long-term care software market during the planned period from 2022 to 2025.

However, the growing reluctance of traditional long-term care providers to adopt software systems and the high cost of software maintenance are the major factors that will hamper the market growth. In addition, the low adoption of LTC software by developing countries poses challenges for this market.

This research report on the Middle East & Africa Long-term Care Software Market has been segmented and sub-segmented into the following categories.

By Product: 

• Clinical Long Term Care Software
  • EMR/HER
  • e-Prescribing
  • Electronic Medication Administration Records
  • Clinical Decision Support Systems
• Non-clinical Long Term Care Software
• Payroll Management And Billing
  • Remote Patient Monitoring Systems
  • Real-Time Location Systems
  • Remote Training And Supervision Systems
  • Invoicing And Scheduling Software

By Mode of Delivery:  

• Cloud-based          
• Web-based            
• On-premises    

By End User: 

• Home Healthcare
• Nursing care          
• Assisted Living Facilities    

By Country: 

• KSA
• UAE
• Israel
• rest of GCC countries
• South Africa
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Egypt
• Sudan
• rest of MEA

Based on the region, the market is growing slowly because of many problems the region faces, battles, and the unstable economy. However, countries like the USA, China, and the UK are investing in the area, and this increased financial revenue will aid the healthcare sectors in this region.

The Middle East is projected to have a dominant share in the MEA long-term care software market during the forecast period due to the high coverage of long-term care software. On the other hand, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia are the expected regions in terms of the growth of the long-term care software market in the Middle East. This growth is due to the rapid development of the healthcare industry and the large population in these regions.

By Country-wise, the United Arab Emirates holds the largest share of the MEA long-term care software market. Economic developments and high demand for the quality-based healthcare system are demanding the growth of long-term care software. As a result, the UAE amounted to nearly 28.9%, accounting for most of the long-term care software market in 2018.

The growing demand for integrated long-term care software for administrative and clinical purposes, the rapidly aging population, and the increasing need to reduce health care costs hit the market in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. According to International Alzheimer's disease analysis, nearly 52 million people had dementia in 2020. The growth rate is expected to reach 85 million by the year 2030 and 155 million in 2050.  These high figures bring forth the requirement for sound management as there is a large sector of the old age population who are prone to any chronic disease and demand immediate and long-term attention. Various government initiatives are encouraging the use of health information technologies or long-term care software. These steps are expected to increase the growing demand for long-term care software in this region. On the other hand, Certain African areas are expected to grow at a low CAGR of 2.8%, attributed to the lack of healthcare infrastructure and adamant belief in sticking to conventional ways.

KEY MARKET PLAYERS:

A few of the companies playing a pivotal role in the Middle East & Africa long-term care software market profiled in the report are AOD Software, Cerner Corporation, Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc., McKesson Corporation, Omnicare, Inc., Omnicell, Inc., Kronos incorporated, HealthMEDX, PointClickCare, Matrix Care, Sigma Care, and Optimus EMR.