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Issue 2

"Harmonization" of healthcare is out of the question on the European continent. Yet governments everywhere are innovating to respond to the public’s demand for more and better care.


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Articles

Facts and figures: European inpatient care

This article compares the evolving hospital marketplace in eight countries.

Reforming the German healthcare system: No room for compromise

At current rates of cost increase, Germany will not be able to afford its healthcare system much longer. The country must undertake a thorough overhaul now.

Reforms in Scandinavia—Lessons for Europe

Sweden, Denmark, and Norway have taken preemptive moves to cut their medical costs, and they have achieved surprising results.

Expatriate health insurance: Serving the globalizing corporation

Multinational companies need health insurance for their transplants around the world. Although administrative costs are high, it’s an attractive business to enter.

Beyond insurance: Achmea is selling good health

Achmea Health is remaking the health insurance market in the Netherlands, according to this interview with chairman Hans Visscher.

Improving service operations: Toyota for hospitals

Hospitals can extract 15 percent more capacity if they pay attention to process flow and eliminate internal bottlenecks—just as an auto factory would.

Optimal IT solutions for the hospitals of tomorrow

The hospital industry is behind other industries in its application of information technology. Here are some ways hospitals can approach this investment.

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