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HBI Infographic of the week

For-profit fertility sector growing strongly

The European fertility sector has been growing strongly, at around 5% per annum, and in some places even more strongly than this. The strong growth in the sector is driven by increasing demand, which is driven by a decline in fertility and the increasing social acceptability of IVF treatment. The data in this infographic is […]

Hospital consolidation in France, Germany and Europe

This week, we look at the extent to which the for-profit hospital market is consolidated in three key countries - France, Germany and the UK. These figures are a snapshot of the position based on revenues in 2020.

Nurse migration over time

This week we take a look at nurse migration, with an infographic that shows the number of active foreign-trained nurses in a variety of European countries in both 2009, and 2019.

Country comparison: Nurses per 1,000 population

A lack of nursing staff is often the key complaint HBI hears across multiple sectors, with staffing one of the issues keeping our operator readership awake at night.

HBI’s most searched sectors and terms of 2021

What were you searching for in 2021? According to our word cloud, collated from the 500 most searched for terms on our website last year, it was largely - though not exclusively - the sectors most affected by Covid.

HBI: Most wanted

As the year draws to a close, we thought we would take a look at what our readers were searching for most on our website this year and find out which companies were of greatest interest – or to put it another way, HBI’s most wanted. Our word cloud is a visual representation of our […]

Effect of Covid on waiting times for elective surgery

Long waiting times for elective surgery have been a problem across much of Western Europe for years, but Covid has unequivocally compounded this, opening the door to outsourcing to for-profits to get waiting times down.

How the pandemic impacted psychiatry market growth

The pandemic stalled growth in and shrank for-profit psychiatry markets, as shown by a new release of data from the HBI Intelligence centre. 

Residential propco deals blow up post-COVID

This week HBI looks at the volumes of property deals at Europe's three biggest healthcare REITs by the number of sites purchased. More residential care providers are selling off properties than the year before the pandemic hit. 

When have e-prescriptions become mandatory in Europe?

This week HBI looks at when e-prescriptions became mandatory across most of Europe's big healthcare markets. Surprisingly, France and Germany look to be years behind other 'less developed' healthcare systems.

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