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Payment by results saves Stockholm 17%

The cost of hip and knee replacement operations has dropped by an average of 17% for Stockholm County in Sweden. This is thanks to a new bundled payment system that has replaced DRGs. Even while reducing costs, this new system earns high patient approval and has cut waiting lists. We take a look at how it works ahead of its roll-out in the rest of the country.
June 27, 2012

The rise of home dialysis and how it will affect the dialysis market in Europe

Home dialysis can cost as little as half the price of in-centre treatment and is often preferred by patients. We talk to Eero Hokinen of Helsinki University Hospital and Dr. Wim van Biesen at Ghent University Hospital about why only 11% of European dialysis patients get treatment at home and where the market will go.
June 22, 2012

Attendo price looks low

Investment bankers SEB and JP Morgan are doing soft pre-marketing to selected private equity funds, say informed sources, at a lower than expected price.
May 18, 2012

Interview: Sara Hurlimann, Co-CEO, Zahnarztzentrum.ch

Zahnarztzentrum.ch is revolutionising Swiss dentistry with big city centre outlets open 7.00 to 20.00 hours, 365 days a year. The group, founded in 2003, has recently opened in Sweden and has €15m of private equity backing from Paris-based G Square. We talk about tooth life expectancy, why Hurlimann doesn’t rate public payor dentists and how big Zahnarztzentrum.ch can get....
March 13, 2012

Swiss dentist hits Sweden

Swiss dentist group Zahnarztzentrum has opened in Sweden. It plans half a dozen outlets in Stockholm if things go well....
March 8, 2012

Swedish report supports pro-choice, private sector agenda

The pro-choice agenda in Sweden has received a shot in the arm from a report by the Swedish Competition Authority which reckons that choice in primary care has been a success. Expect this to lead to the opening up of the specialist sector....
February 29, 2012

How imaging is changing

How has the recession impacted medical imaging and are we seeing the emergence of new business models as governments start to bear down on healthcare costs? We talk to Peter Reimer, general manager, medical imaging for Philips and Rob Piconi, CEO of Mesa Medical which sells refurbished equipment....
February 24, 2012

EU shifts towards private sector finance

There has been a major shift in thinking at the European Union and the World Health Organisation in the last three years, says David Boyd, head of European Government and Public Policy at GE Healthcare. He points out that at Davos, John Dalli, commissioner of DG Sanco, talked of "smart finance" and he says that there is a growing acceptance at EU and national levels for the need to look for new forms of non-governmental finance to help provide much needed healthcare infrastructure....
February 7, 2012
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