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Home oxygen prices vary by a factor of eight across Europe

Reimbursements for the provision of medical oxygen in the home vary by as much as eightfold, with the Dutch paying as little as €835 compared to as much as €6,760 in Switzerland and €5,668 in France. In the UK some NHS authorities pay as little as €1,215.  Why is there so much variance? And which countries are doing the most to control costs?
April 17, 2012

Drug compliance sales soar in Netherlands

In the Netherlands, Alliance Boots is seeing 30% year-on-year growth rates in its drug compliance business as the sector gets more attention from the government.
April 17, 2012

Using the web to set patients free

New websites, which bring together groups of qualified carers and allow patients to easily identify and select people with the expertise they need, are growing in the Netherlands, said Bas Leerink, director of statutory insurer Menzis, talking at the Healthcare Europa conference. Randomised trials show they save money and improve care....
March 20, 2012

Interview: Sara Hurlimann, Co-CEO, Zahnarztzentrum.ch

Zahnarztzentrum.ch is revolutionising Swiss dentistry with big city centre outlets open 7.00 to 20.00 hours, 365 days a year. The group, founded in 2003, has recently opened in Sweden and has €15m of private equity backing from Paris-based G Square. We talk about tooth life expectancy, why Hurlimann doesn’t rate public payor dentists and how big Zahnarztzentrum.ch can get....
March 13, 2012

Romania: Back to the drawing board

Expect an interlude of a year before any major reforms are unveiled in Romania. January saw the president withdraw his controversial plans to introduce a Dutch model with competing insurers buying services. That followed a week of riots. Last week the Minister of Health said that he did not expect any new reforms to see the light until 2013. Conveniently, that kicks them down the road after this autumn’s elections....
March 8, 2012

Even in Spain consumer driven elective surgery can grow

Clinica Baviera shows that even in Spain, even in 2011, it is possible to grow a private healthcare business. The listed ophthalmology to aesthetic surgery group saw like for sales rise, despite the downturn....
February 24, 2012

President withdraws healthcare reforms

President Traian Basescu has withdrawn his entire plans for radical healthcare reform in Romania. This was prompted by big street demonstrations following the resignation of Raed Arafat, one of the Secretaries of State for Health and the author of a popular and effective national emergency service, which Arafat claimed would have been threatened by the new package....
January 13, 2012

Interview: Bradley Gould, managing director, Prospitalia

How is procurement changing in Europe? What are the real price differences? We talk to Bradley Gould, managing director at Prospitalia, one of the two largest German group purchasing organisations (GPO), which also has recently opened operations in Austria and the Netherlands...
January 5, 2012

Gilde makes two investments

Private equity specialist Gilde Healthcare has invested in the Dutch occupational healthcare and physiotherapy markets with two recent deals. We talk to Jasper Van Gorp. ...
December 16, 2011
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