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Video consultations in the UK fell during COVID-19

For all the talk of COVID-19 pushing ahead the digitalisation of healthcare, the use of video consultations in both actual numbers and as a percentage of consultations in primary care fell during the pandemic's peak. Recent headlines talk about 48% of primary care being delivered digitally, but most of these were telephone calls.

People are going back to hospital

After sharp drops in March and April, hospital emergency departments across Europe are returning to their pre-COVID levels.

Healthcare brands could lose 10% of value due to COVID-19

The world's top healthcare brands could lose 10% of their value due to the impact of COVID-19, while the pre-COVID figures also make for interesting reading according to a new report.

The rise (and fall) of Europe’s largest care home operators

With only 12% of Europe's for-profit care home market held by the two big French consolidators, other international platforms have also emerged. We look at how the market position of Europe's 11 largest for-profit operators changed from 2012-2019.

COVID pandemic share prices: Who has bounced back, who is still playing catch-up?

Shares in the biggest listed healthcare services operators all plummeted in mid March as the COVID pandemic spread rapidly. As our infographic illustrates, only around half of these have substantially recovered their value.

Case study: Denmark’s informal and formal telemedicine market

How many doctors are using Skype and other vanilla, publicly available platforms and how many are adopting built for purpose telehealth solutions?  This Danish data gives some indication of the likely split between the only officially recommended solution and what are likely to be vanilla, publicly available platforms. The Danish doctors union has historically been […]

Activity in UK private sector dropped 84% in April

Private hospitals in the UK saw 84% fewer visits in April compared to the two previous years, according to new data from the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN). This is likely to replicate the picture in other European markets like Spain and Portugal where the private sector mainly performs non-essential services. Hospitals in Germany and France that perform all types of care will have seen lower volume drops.

Which countries failed to protect their workforces?

A third of all COVID-19 infections in Spain, Ireland and Denmark come from within their healthcare workforce. In other countries, including Albania, they have managed to keep the level far lower. HBI examines.

How Europe’s diagnostics consolidators’ market position changed 2013-2019

The combined revenues of Europe's 11 largest diagnostic players including both imaging and labs has doubled over the past seven years. HBI visualises how their market position has shifted in that period.

Where a global downturn will hit local private healthcare markets hardest

In which countries will healthcare be worst hit by a COVID-19 recession? We overlay World Bank data on which countries have both high out-of-pocket proportions for healthcare spend and are heavily remittance-reliant. There are some surprises from Europe.

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