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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.

Healthcare Reform – Opportunity or Threat? Presentation, Nicolaus Henke, Global Leader of the Healthcare Systems and Services Practice, McKinsey

Nicolaus has unrivaled access to, and experience of, European payors. He examines the reform trajectory and likely budget growth in different European countries and considers what impact this will have for private hospitals, outsourcers and specialist service providers. Presented at the Healthcare Europa Annual Conference 2013, New Models for Challenging Times.

Medicover ownership is now not-for-profit

The majority of shares in Medicover - the East European healthcare group that owns lab chain Synevo - have been put into a charitable trust: the Jonas and Christina af Jochnick Foundation. Jonas af Jochnick, 75, is a kind of Swedish Bill Gates. What does this mean for the future of the group?

Interview: Peter Lackner, Director, Uniqa International

Peter Lackner is a board member at Vienna-based pan-European general insurer Uniqa International. Uniqa has over half the €1.7bn Austrian 2011 private medical insurance (PMI) market, with €814m of premiums written in 2011. The company sells PMI in nine of its 16 East European operations. It also owns PremiQaMed, the largest private hospital chain in Austria. We talk with Lackner about the prospects for PMI in the region and Uniqa's country-by-country performance.

New cancer centre for Romania

What is claimed to be the first specialised private cancer hospital in Romania has just opened in Brasov. We talk to the doctor behind the project, Aurel Tudose.

Medicover buys Indinet

Medicover, the Pan-East European subscription healthcare business has bought InviMed, a chain of IVF clinics in Poland....

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