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Lasik remains tough for Clinica Baviera

With a network of ophthalmology centres across Spain, German and Italy Clinica Baviera provides a useful litmus test for what is happening in ophthalmology and, beyond that. for general demand for non-essential surgery/dentistry paid out of pocket. Demand, particularly for laser treatment, remains weak.
August 1, 2014

Debt deadlock finally ending for Spanish care home groups

Life is changing for two highly-indebted Spanish care home groups. Sanyres says it will not be able to pay its debts from mid-August 2015 and one of its largest investors, Catalunya Bank, which owns a third of the company, is being auctioned off. Meanwhile, Grupo Amma has reduced its debt, which stood at €130m, by selling and leasing back its properties.
June 5, 2014

Interview: Catalina Hoffmann, founder, Vitalia

It is rare to come across a totally new concept in elderly care. Yet that is what Catalina Hoffmann, a young woman of 26, came up with when she founded Vitalia in Spain in 2004. A chain of franchised daycentres, it delivers training and treatment to elderly people through the Hoffmann Method, patented programmes targeted at conditions such as stroke recovery, rheumatism, Parkinsons and even Alzheimers. Most patients pay privately to attend. We talk to Hoffmann who is about to launch in Brazil and Mexico. Her next target is Florida.
May 27, 2014

Hospitales Nisa readjusts to a private sector without public payers

Big Valencian hospital chain, Hospitales Nisa, has gone through a major restructuring over the last three years. This has seen it move away from public payors and towards private care and private medical insurance. Profits should rise sharply in 2014 at the family-owned business.
May 27, 2014

Report: Dentistry in Europe

Web-empowered, patient choice, the retreat of state payors, internationalization - what is happening in dentistry will happen in other healthcare service sectors soon. So it is a sector that is worth watching closely. In this, the first part of a 2 part report, we look at how dentistry markets in Europe are changing, look at business models and track consolidation, naming the major players country-by-country. How is the market set to change?
May 22, 2014

Capio joins “IPO or sell” list

As forecast here, Apax and Nordic Capital, are preparing to float or sell Capio, the Pan-European hospital chain with facilities in Sweden, Germany, France and a psychiatric unit, Capio Nightingale in the UK. Separately, Capio is preparing to sell its French properties.
May 1, 2014
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