STRATEGY
Chronic disease management apps: Filling a void in the Indian healthcare ecosystem Parijat Ghosh and Arunava Saha Dalal, Partners, Bain & Company’s New Delhi office and Sujay Subramnayan, Associate Partner, Bain & Company’s Mumbai office highlights that as digital technologies are transforming healthcare in the country, there is significant untapped potential in the chronic disease management space
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hronic diseases in India are becoming more prevalent; the country has over 55 million cardiac patients, over 20 million asthmatics, and more than 74 million diabetics. The incidence of chronic, non-communicable, and lifestyle diseases has increased notably over the past few years. Bain analysis suggests that the number of diabetics alone are expected to increase by almost 30 per cent to reach 100 million by 2030, making India the country with the second-highest diabetes burden in the world. Almost 50 per cent of diabetes cases go undetected in India, an even smaller
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