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28 million cancelled surgeries worldwide

A study published in the British Journal of Surgery estimates that 28.4 million operations have been cancelled worldwide in the 12 weeks of peak disruption of hospital services due to COVID-19. For this week's infographic, HBI painstakingly plotted the figures against population size to see where people have been most affected.
May 21, 2020

When did electives stop?

As infections arcs in Europe start their downward trend, hospital operators are eagerly discussing a return to routine surgical activity. We look at when different countries and cities' imposed restrictions and when a normalisation could occur. 
April 30, 2020

FREE BLOG The impact of COVID on for-profit health care

Here at HBI we are in the middle of a detailed and ambitious project on its impact on the industry we track. How and where will COVID affect hospitals, labs, nursing homes and the twenty other sub-sectors that together make up for-profit healthcare?
April 30, 2020

Useful COVID information sources

Here are a couple of really useful ways to track COVID internationally. GE Healthcare Command Centers has a deck of data which is updated daily. And Cambridge University Press Health Economics, Policy and Law has created a set of short summaries of what each national government is doing. Each day, the GE Healthcare Partners team […]
April 23, 2020

Exclusive prediction: Pandemic reaching turning point in Europe?

An exclusive analysis by Chinese insurance giant Ping An suggests COVID-19 cases could reach a turning point in the next few days, hitting the peak of new confirmed cases by later this week / early April,  with that figure set to fall thereafter.
March 30, 2020

Private sector COVID-19 testing is limited

European laboratories were hoping to be a key part of the solution to stop the ongoing spread of COVID-19 but as it stands the bulk of testing remains with the state. As many declare that they are equipped to handle large volumes, HBI looks at where the private sector has been able to deploy its testing capabilities across Europe. 
March 19, 2020

Where have digital solutions plugged in to the patient pathway?

This week HBI looks at where some of Europe's digital healthcare start-ups have plugged into the patient pathway all the way from prevention to long-term care. The graphic suggests where the market is already competitive and where there might be gaps with little activity.
February 20, 2020

Indian healthcare budget “meagre and insignificant”

HBI hears India's healthcare budget has disappointed operators and commentators alike and fallen short of what the country needs to achieve all its UHC ambitions. Announced last week, it was meant to double to 2.5% of GDP, but will only reach 1.15%. We speak to a senior executive at an operator source and break down what's changed and what the system still requires.
February 13, 2020
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