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Private individuals shoulder healthcare burden

OECD figures for the early years of the recession show individuals paying more out-of-pocket (OOP) and on private medical insurance (PMI) as growth in public expenditure slowed to a halt. But statistics are often uncertain - DG Ecofin and the IMF disagreed publicly on stats for country healthcare spending at a recent conference.
June 28, 2012

Why Polish private healthcare should soar

The Polish healthcare system is getting ready for two big reforms: changes to private insurance and the institution of a new data-monitoring system. Both seek to tackle rising costs, but the outcome is likely to be good for the PLN 30 billion (€7 billion) private healthcare sector. We talk to Paweł Magdziarz of Polish healthcare business management consultancy Formedis to find out more.
June 28, 2012

Do chronic disease management programmes and telehealth schemes work?

In the autumn of 2011, the Department of Health in England unveiled the staggering results of the Whole System Demonstrator (WSD) project, the world's largest telehealth programme trial. These results saw a 20% fall in hospital admissions. More recently, the findings have been questioned, as happened to a similar programme in Germany. Meanwhile, the evidence for nurse mentor-based chronic disease management programmes also remains tenuous. So are these really magic bullets? Or is it all bunk?
June 27, 2012

Payment by results saves Stockholm 17%

The cost of hip and knee replacement operations has dropped by an average of 17% for Stockholm County in Sweden. This is thanks to a new bundled payment system that has replaced DRGs. Even while reducing costs, this new system earns high patient approval and has cut waiting lists. We take a look at how it works ahead of its roll-out in the rest of the country.
June 27, 2012

Will South East London be outsourced to the private sector?

The UK Department of Health is threatening to bring an administrator in to run the South East London NHS trust, which is losing £1 million a week. Will the private sector be involved in its rescue? If so, this could signal a big opportunity. Around 30 other acute and foundation trusts are at financial risk, of which half can't be easily merged with neighbouring public sector organisations. That leaves 15 which could be functionally privatised. So, what will the government do?
June 27, 2012

Report: The Spanish care home market – An overview

Growth in the Spanish care home market has fallen from 6.4% in 2006 to just 0.2% in 2011, while consolidation has been slowly increasing. Nonetheless, the government has been keen to include the sector in its attempts to reform healthcare, with the heads of major operators regularly meeting with the Minister of Health. We speak to key players to find out about the true state of the Spanish market.
June 22, 2012

The rise of home dialysis and how it will affect the dialysis market in Europe

Home dialysis can cost as little as half the price of in-centre treatment and is often preferred by patients. We talk to Eero Hokinen of Helsinki University Hospital and Dr. Wim van Biesen at Ghent University Hospital about why only 11% of European dialysis patients get treatment at home and where the market will go.
June 22, 2012

Korian goes beyond the walls

French care home operator Korian has shared with us some of its thoughts on the “post-acute” sector: the area that covers nursing homes, residential care, homecare, rehabilitation and psychiatric care. The company is looking across the sector, diversifying out beyond the walls of its care homes as it reinforces its presence in Germany and Italy.
June 21, 2012
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