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Top destinations for holiday dialysis

In its recent ESG report, multinational dialysis firm Diaverum revealed the top 10 countries in Europe and internationally where patients use the group's holiday dialysis treatment.

Dutch nursing home consolidation infographic

The Dutch nursing care market is highly consolidated, primarily by the top for-profit French operators - namely Korian and Orpea - who have been acquiring multiple smaller Dutch operators since 2018. Five years on, the two leading French giants control over 60% of the beds in the market under various different brand names. The big two have acquired the lower tier competitors so there aren't that many targets left to acquire. This infographic is kindly supplied by Dutch healthcare consultancy Vardetun.

The waning impact of Covid vaccines on all-cause mortality

With the WHO declaring that Covid no longer presents a global health emergency, in this week's infographic we look at UK data showing how death rates by Covid vaccination status changed throughout the pandemic, using data from The Office for National Statistics.

Bismarckian systems tend to pay nurses better than NHS systems

In this week's infographic we look at data on average nursing salaries across several European countries, categorised by whether they have Bismarckian/statutory insurance systems or NHS systems.

Despite oversupply, SHI in Germany outpaces PMI

It's not surprising in a country with an oversupply of healthcare that private medical insurance (PMI) expenditure is low. What may be surprising is despite this oversupply, statutory insurance expenditure is still growing at a faster rate than PMI.

Stocks of major listed health care groups largely held up in Q1

How are the stocks of major listed health care providers doing so far in 2023? With all the difficulties health care operators are currently facing, you might expect that health care stocks of major listed groups would be taking a battering. But most retained or increased their value in Q1 2023.

The state of digital health policy in CEE

CEE law firm Kinstellar has released its latest update on the state of digital health in Central and Eastern Europe. The April 2023 version of 'Current e-Health trends in CEE and Turkey' focuses primarily on the state of policy and regulation on digital health across nine countries in the region.

Infographic: Life Expectancy in top 5 European Markets

This week, HBI looks at the life expectancy of total populations in the big five Western European markets - the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain - using public data from OECD. This report doesn’t include Scandinavian countries which notoriously boast the longest life expectancies on the continent.

Europe’s biggest health care real estate deals in 2022

Real estate consultancy Knight Frank has released its 2022/23 UK Healthcare Property Market Overview. But don't let the name fool you - the report includes some great data from across the whole of Europe! In this week's infographic we look at major health and care real estate transactions.

Inflow of nurses to top five European markets

This week, HBI looks at the annual inflow of nurses from abroad to the big five Western European markets - the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain - using public data from OECD. Those looking for an outlier need look no further than the UK.

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