Here we look at the Brazilian private healthcare services market. What is the potential in what is, per capita, the world's second largest private medical insurance market?
Imaging and lab group Alliar has its eyes on another giant Private Public partnership (PPP) contract in Brazil which would be twice as big as its US$60m a year, 11.5 year contract with Bahia state, says CEO Fernando Termi, speaking at the inaugural Healthcare Latam conference.
The large-scale Polish doctors strike over the past month, which has widespread public support, could boost private healthcare spending in the country if disruptions in public services worsen.
There's a crisis in healthcare insurance in which traditional players face being squeezed out by large tech-savvy players entering the market and cozying up to providers. But there are also opportunities for insurers willing to embrace change quickly. Healthcare Nova was at the 9th Global Health Insurance Conference in Amsterdam at the end of last month talking to delegates to find out more. These are the four key things we took away.
Genome sequencing – determining the complete DNA sequence of a person - has the potential to revolutionise the healthcare insurance industry. But in an industry based on risk, what effect will the increasing ability to predict how and when someone might die have on the market?
Foreign investors are looking eagerly at Egypt ahead of government reforms which will allow private providers to treat publicly funded patients. Healthcare Nova speaks to Dr Asaad Riad, general manager for Egyptian medical travel assistance and insurance company Egypt In-Touch Assistance.
Finnish healthcare group Coronaria says it is the country's first healthcare service provider to routinely use nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) testing claiming it gives better, faster and cheaper results.
The Finnish operator Terveystalo closed its listing to the public and employees a day early last week – but its larger rival Mehiläinen is still optimistic about a private deal.
Imperial College London released a framework for assessing the impact of private healthcare providers in the developing world this summer and it’s an interesting read, which suggests private funding will play an ever larger role in the provision of universal healthcare.
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