Increasingly, patients with serious medical conditions want to be treated at home. Doing this is also a great deal cheaper – 3-8 times cheaper than in hospital, according to Groupe LVL Medical, one of the leaders in the sector in France and Germany. The company, which is Paris stock market quoted, specialises in providing medical home care in France (although it is not allowed to touch the patient). It moved into Germany in 2001 where its subsdiary Bonitas can touch patients. In the first half of 2010 sales grew 16% to €75.4m with net profits up 56% at €6m. We talk to chief executive Jean-Claude Lavorel....