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Dialysis shows holiday potential

Dialysis holidays are surprisingly big business, according to Dag Andersson CEO of Diaverum. What does this tell us about new forms of healthcare tourism?
February 26, 2014

German healthcare tourism streaks ahead

Germany treated 224,000 foreign patients in 2012. But how many flew to Germany for treatment, as opposed to being sick holiday-makers? How do the numbers compare to the UK and other European countries? And how many are treated in the private sector? One thing is sure: Russia is Germany’s largest market today.
January 28, 2014

Interview: Mark Hellowell, Lecturer, University of Edinburgh

Hellowell is a healthcare academic who specialises in PPPs, evaluating their performance around the world, consulting with development agencies and acting as a special adviser to the Health Select Committee in the British House of Commons. He also lectures on healthcare reform to a diverse group of postgraduate students, many of them from developing countries. We talk to him about the role private healthcare companies can, and are, playing in the developing and developed worlds, the future for PPPs, and whether they are “a good thing”.
January 23, 2014

Donors turn to private healthcare sector to deliver better outcomes

Many charitable donors are looking to use the private sector to deliver healthcare services to poor- and middle-income countries. Why? What are the potential road-blocks, and what does this mean for private operators? We report on a meeting on the subject, organised by the Center for Global Development, in London in January 2014.
January 17, 2014

Turkven buys majority of Medical Park

Carlyle and its co-owners have sold a 65% stake in Medical Park to Turkish private equity group Turkven, the second-largest Turkish hospital chain by sales, in a deal valuing Medical Park at nearly $1bn (€730m). We look at valuations, EBITDA and the company's future strategy.
January 12, 2014

Americans scour Europe

US property investors are getting much more adventurous. Some are considering investing in Greek and Spanish hospital groups. We look at why and how they will invest.
December 6, 2013

Interview: Stuart Fletcher, CEO, Bupa

It has been a busy year for insurer, hospital operator and care group Bupa. New CEO Stuart Fletcher is spending roughly £1.25bn to buy businesses in half a dozen countries across the world. That includes the planned acquisition of Cruz Blanca, a Chilean service provider and insurer, as well as the purchases of Quality HealthCare (a network of 102 outpatient clinics and 500 affiliates in Hong Kong), Richmond Villages (an assisted living business in the UK), LUX MED (the largest subscription healthcare operator in Poland), ten nursing homes in Australia, and dentists here, there and everywhere. All this is part of the Bupa 2020 master plan, which will see the world’s largest player in ex-pat insurance deliver far more integrated care. We talk to Fletcher to find out more.
December 6, 2013

Hungary – healthcare reform paying off

Hungarian sources say that recent healthcare reform, pushed through by Minister of State for health, Dr. Miklós Szócska, under the Fidesz government, has succeeded in cutting costs substantially. Nonetheless, the government has upped healthcare expenditure ahead of elections in 2014.
November 25, 2013
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