A survey of over 200 NHS and social care managers in the UK to understand how much time is spent on admin tasks instead of patient care, and the impact this is having, has uncovered surprising results.
This week we are publishing our third edition of the Top 100, a list of the 100 largest health care services groups in EMEA by revenue. Out of the 100 companies, 33 are listed entities whose primary operations are in EMEA health care services, and 16 of those have over €1bn revenue. In this infographic we look at how the share prices of those 16 groups have fared since the start of 2022 (since the Top 100 is based on 2022 revenue figures).
Where has for-profit hospital bed capacity grown the most in recent years? To answer this we look at OECD data on hospital bed capacity in 26 countries between 2010 and 2021.
HBI has been analysing its investment database and asking "who is investing in what?" It may not be the most attractive sector financially or reputationally at the moment, but elderly care has the most active PE+* investments in EMEA, with 17% of all active investments. Hospitals is the second most invested-in sub sector, with 14% of all active investments.
Germany's for-profit hospital sector has a growing role in the market's provision. Between 2014 and 2021, the percentage of German hospitals which were owned by the for-profit sector rose 2.3 percentage points to 44.5% and the number of beds controlled by the for-profit sector rose 0.9 percentage points to 24%.
Data from the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) shows the self-pay bubble in the UK seems to have reached its peak. While private pay admissions are still rising across the country, self-pay is out while private medical insurance (PMI) is in.
Inpatient health care is dominated by the public sector in most countries. In the few where this isn't the case, not-for-profits tend to dominate. Out of 32 OECD+ countries, the only exception to this rule is Colombia. Even the US has far more beds in hospitals classed as not-for-profit entities than it does in its for-profit sector.
The UK remains by far the largest recipient of health care PE investments across EMEA, with 25% of all active investments across the 23 most invested-in countries.
Using data from HBI's Investment Database, we look at the volume of private equity investments in health care services between 2017 and 2022 across EMEA.
It is well reported that long wait times for public treatment have pushed patients towards private pay, but OECD data reveals just how staggering the delays really are.
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