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COVID-19: Care sector confronts crisis, hospitals hit hard

In the second of our two-part deep dive into how COVID-19 is hitting healthcare markets across EMEA, we ask how hospitals are coping with spiralling staff sickness and a flood of patients, and whether the care and dialysis sectors can stay afloat given the risk the virus poses to their most vulnerable patients.
March 12, 2020

Nordic listed care companies: A comparison

The for-profit Nordic care sector has faced intensified scrutiny after scandals erupted at Finnish Esperi and Attendo last year. A look at the share prices of listed companies Ambea, Attendo and Humana gives some indication of the effect of this, where newly elected governments in the last few years have created environments more or less favourable to the private sector.
February 27, 2020

Employer-pay growth loses to individual at big occupational healthcare groups

Occupational healthcare groups Medicover and Terveystalo are growing revenue at upwards of 25%, much faster than the 6-9% seen in other publicly listed groups so far this year. Historically employer-funded, individual pay is now growing three times faster than corporate. With Fresenius Helios setting out occupational healthcare expansion plans, what is the future of corporate pay?
February 26, 2020

Esperi Care acquired by creditors

Troubled Finnish nursing home operator Esperi Care has been acquired by its creditors. Growth at the group is now on hold, and its new owners say they will be looking for a new buyer. We speak to the chairman of the board of Esperi's new holding company.
February 6, 2020

FREE BLOG Healthcare REIT interest ever stronger and unswayed by operator woes

Long leases and attractive yields are the cornerstones of healthcare real-estate which have greased the wheels of investments over the last 10-15 years. More healthcare-specialised funds are emerging now as laws open markets up to foreign capital and fund managers look to decrease investor risk.
December 12, 2019

Is a Finnish care crisis on the cards?

This year has seen capacity growth in Finnish elderly care "collapse" after the sector was shaken by scandals at some of the country's largest operators. With an increasingly elderly population in need of more accommodation and a public system unable to fund them, is the Finnish system facing a crisis in care?
December 12, 2019
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