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The state of digital health policy in CEE

CEE law firm Kinstellar has released its latest update on the state of digital health in Central and Eastern Europe. The April 2023 version of 'Current e-Health trends in CEE and Turkey' focuses primarily on the state of policy and regulation on digital health across nine countries in the region.

Infographic: Life Expectancy in top 5 European Markets

This week, HBI looks at the life expectancy of total populations in the big five Western European markets - the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain - using public data from OECD. This report doesn’t include Scandinavian countries which notoriously boast the longest life expectancies on the continent.

Europe’s biggest health care real estate deals in 2022

Real estate consultancy Knight Frank has released its 2022/23 UK Healthcare Property Market Overview. But don't let the name fool you - the report includes some great data from across the whole of Europe! In this week's infographic we look at major health and care real estate transactions.

Inflow of nurses to top five European markets

This week, HBI looks at the annual inflow of nurses from abroad to the big five Western European markets - the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain - using public data from OECD. Those looking for an outlier need look no further than the UK.

Investors’ growing interest in health care real estate in 2023

Property consultancy Knight Frank's 2023 Wealth Report shows investors are increasingly interested in health care real estate. Its attitude survey canvassed the opinions of 500 internationally-based private bankers, wealth advisors, intermediaries and family offices, which between them manage over $2.5 trillion.

Covid put mental health in the spotlight – for a while

In this week's infographic we look at survey data collected by digital health company Headspace for its 2022 Workforce Attitudes report. According to the data, a majority (71%) of UK employees think their company increased its focus on employee mental health in response to Covid, but only a quarter think their company has retained this focus over the past year.

Which countries can claim to have universal health coverage?

In this week's infographic we look at OECD data on health coverage across several countries and compare it to survey data on the percentage of people satisfied with the availability of quality health care in the area where they live.

Covid led to massive boost in social spending

The OECD has released new data on social spending across OECD countries, going right up to 2022. All OECD countries saw a massive increase in social spending as a result of the Covid pandemic, with social expenditure rising from around 20% to around 23% of GDP on average between 2019 and 2020.

Over a third of 2022 health care M&A deals were in services

M&A advisory firm Ciesco has published a review of global M&A activity in 2022 across the technology, digital, media and health care sectors. In this week's infographics we look at the split across health care sub sectors by deal volume and value.

Outlook on healthcare quality less positive in 2022

This week we looked at perceived healthcare quality across selected markets in 2022, according to research conducted by market research company IPSOS. Overall, there is less positivity about healthcare quality compared to 2021.

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