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Report: Outpatient services – a panacea for private hospitals?

Across Europe hospital groups have been moving into outpatient. In Germany Helios and Rhoen have attempted to build specialist doctor and family doctor centres, buying licences from existing practitioners. The same move can be seen in France, Portugal, Italy and Switzerland.

Turkey’s hospital PPP programme will fail

Turkey’s massive PPP schemes for new hospitals, worth over €10bn, are already behind schedule. We talk to experts who reckon they could take a further 10-15 years to get off the ground. There is a strong chance that it will fail completely.

IHH and Thai groups to split ASEAN market

Thailand’s large hospital groups look set to dominate the market in the North ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations) region according to a number of analysts. But IHH, the giant Malaysian healthcare operator, has a strong position in South ASEAN. Growing integration in the region would benefit both as they tap the thriving medical tourism industry.

Property in Poland?

Surveyors are starting to push Poland as a possible market for healthcare property deals.

Report: Europe’s booming spa business stays out of hot water

The spa industry is changing. Once exclusively for the wealthy, spas are becoming more accessible and more in demand. Remote luxury locations where people can escape to relax and take in the healing powers of massage and natural baths is still the favoured model. But, there is a push throughout Europe to bring the spa experience closer to home. A new trend of urban spas or locations within 20- 40 mile of cities is just one of the trends. Payors across Europe are starting to gain interest, but to what extent? Healthcare Europa’s Lee Murray takes a look at this expanding $29.8bn (€27.1bn) market, according to figures from research group SRI International.

The €20 MRI is close to reality

Whilst the tariff for an MRI in Western Europe can be as high as €300 a shot, it is now sub-€100 in Eastern Europe. But in Turkey the target price is €20, says Dimitris Moulavasilis, CEO of Affidea.

Interview: Jaime Cervantes Covarrubias, CEO, Grupo VitalMex, Mexico

Persuading public sector hospitals to outsource the management of surgery sounds unlikely to lead to business success. After all, surgeons are powerful and surgery is a jealously guarded core competency. You might imagine that few public sector hospitals would willingly outsource. Yet Vitalmex has grown sales to $300m with this very business model and is now active in Peru, Colombia and Brazil. Thailand and Turkey could be next.

Regina Maria auction as Medlife stake readies for sale

We look at the bidders for Regina Maria, the second largest Romanian outpatient and hospital group which is being sold by Advent International as investors ready the sale of a minority stake in MedLife, the largest group.

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