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Nordics: Finding positives in a difficult year

HBI 365's State of the Regions: Nordics panel found a lot of positives had come out of a difficult year. But better relationships with payors and public providers, and a vastly increased understanding and recognition of the benefits of digital clinics were tempered with the knowledge that, as the pandemic recedes, the new normal is likely to see some of these advances pull back - albeit not to pre COVID levels.
November 30, 2020

Special report: How rationing care in the pandemic is killing the elderly

People over the age of 80 are up to three times more likely to die of a COVID-19 infection in countries using rigid rationing guidelines that can exclude the elderly from intensive care - and sometimes even from hospital. HBI's extensive analysis of death, hospital and ICU data reveals that Sweden has lost eight times more, England seven and the Netherlands six of its elderly population compared to Germany. In a special report, we explore how rationing killed the elderly.
November 26, 2020

CVC “frontrunner to buy Eugin”

HBI hears that CVC is frontrunner to buy international IVF chain Eugin as parent company NMC Health's administrators Alvarez and Marsal looks to complete a lender-led sale of the group by Spring 2021.
November 12, 2020

Analysis: which listed care providers are recovering best?

Why are listed Nordic care providers' share prices seeing a faster recovery than other European counter parts? And how has each operator weathered the storm? HBI takes a deep dive into the financials to deliver an exclusive analysis as providers prepare their Q3 results.
October 28, 2020

KRY ‘steals’ patients as it moves into capitated model

Swedish B2C telehealth player Kry has registered 14,000 patients in its first health care centre in Sweden, which comes as it's been forced into the capitated funding system. The start-up has been criticised for not making it clear enough to patients that they would be de-registered from their physical healthcare practice.
October 15, 2020

Ramsay Sante’s Capio integration and finances paint a puzzling picture

It's been nearly two years since Australian-owned French hospital group Ramsay Sante completed the acquisition of Nordic-French acute care operator Capio. Contacts give HBI their assessment of how the integration is going and we take a look at Capio's performance since it was acquired. 
October 15, 2020

Interview: Sofia Palmquist, CEO, Aleris

Pan-Nordic healthcare group Aleris lost its previous owner Investor AB nearly 1bn SEK (€90m) in its last nine months of ownership before PE group Triton acquired it in late 2019. New CEO Sofia Palmquist, pinched from competitor Capio, has been tasked with the turnaround and digitalisation of the company and gives HBI her first public interview since taking the job. 
October 15, 2020

HBI updates dental market forecasts as operators face second wave

Dental markets have reopened following the pandemic peak but the impact may be felt for many months to come, not least because of a second wave winter. HBI has added new post-COVID market size data on the Intelligence platform based on conversations with operators. Most think new national lockdowns are unlikely but regional lockdowns, prolonged economic uncertainty for patients, and scared patients are all causing concern.
October 8, 2020
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