Private healthcare market in Poland 2008

DESCRIPTION

Our report provides a comprehensive assessment of the private healthcare market in Poland, along with current trends and events and their projected influence on the market in the years ahead.

This new report also provides detailed analysis of consumer habits and motivations of Poles who use private healthcare services. It comprises a wealth of data on major players in the market and the structure of available services and providers, making it an indispensable tool for companies planning strategies to enter the market successfully or improve their current operational strategies.

Key sections

Section One describes the prevailing conditions in the private healthcare market in Poland in terms of size and share of particular segments of private healthcare in total private spending. Recent events and trends that have influenced market conditions are covered before moving on to discuss projected growth and trends for the period to 2010.
Section Two provides readers with a comprehensive assessment of the current health insurance market in Poland, and the role it plays in the private healthcare market in Poland. Major players (insurance companies) and their offerings are also presented.
Section Three analyses the top current participants in the in the market of private healthcare providers in Poland in terms of their size and market share. Strategies and planning initiatives are also explored, providing important indicators for prospective market entrants as to the areas of the market
that hold the highest potential for growth and profit.
Section Four details the consumer attitudes and preferences at work in the private healthcare market in Poland. It contains demographic and social information of private healthcare users, along with a breakdown by healthcare service and the reasoning behind various healthcare choices. Attitudes
toward insurance and privatisation issues are also examined.

• number of people who use private healthcare facilities
• market value and size; recent and projected growth patterns
• recent influential events and trends (2007-2008) and their effects on the market
• current and near future events and trends (2008-2010), including upcoming legal changes, and their projected influences on the market in the coming years.

• the scope and size of voluntary private health insurance
• development prospects for the voluntary private health insurance sector for the years 2008-2010
• the major players and their offer. 

• profiles of the market’s most active and successful participants
• data on their shares of the existing market
• analysis of their plans and strategies for the future.

• people who use private healthcare – their demographic and social attributes, reasons for choosing the services and frequency with which they utilize private healthcare
• use of private healthcare, categorised by type of service, including: basic healthcare, specialists, dentists, ambulatory services, and long-term care services
• attitudes toward current and future healthcare issues such as privatisation, rising insurance contributions and co-payments, competition between payers and allowances for private treatment.

• total expenditures on private healthcare services in Poland
• most popular services and attached expenditures.

• organisational statistics
• number of healthcare providers and personnel at work in the sector
• number and type of healthcare facilities and establishments
• private hospitals.

• private healthcare providers currently operating in Poland as well as those considering expansion into this growing marketplace
• insurance companies currently operating in Poland as well as those considering expansion into this growing marketplace
• companies that support private healthcare providers with products and services such as supplies and information technology
• investment funds
• consultants and analysts that provide advice and intelligence to governmental and business organizations and those seeking investment opportunities.

TABLE OF CONTENT

Report methodology 11
Executive summary 15
Overview of the private healthcare market 19

• Key trends and events in 2007 and 2008 19
• Trends and events expected in 2008-2010 20
• Market size from 2005 to 2010 21
• Private hospitals in Poland 23

Polish Private health insurance market 25

• Overview 25
• Health insurance and medical subscription 26
• Value of health insurance market in Poland
• and other countries 28
• Growth prospects of health insurance market
• in Poland 30
• Poles’ attitudes to private health insurance 31
• Key elements of private health insurance offer 32
• Companies present on the market 33
  • Key features of health insurance 33
  • PZU Zycie 34
  • Signal Iduna 35
  • Inter Polska 35
  • Compensa 36
  • Cigna STU (InterRisk) 36
  • Allianz 36
  • Ergo Hestia Zycie 37
  • International Health Insurance Danmark 37
  • Other companies offering health insurance in Poland 37

Private medical companies in Poland 39

• Overview 39
• Growth prospects for Polish subscription market 41
• Key players 42
  • Medicover 43
  • Lux-Med and Medycyna Rodzinna 45
  • Centrum Medyczne LIM 47
  • Enel-Med 48
  • Centrum Medyczne Damiana 50
  • EMC Instytut Medyczny 51
  • Scanmed 54
  • Swissmed Centrum Zdrowia 55
  • Promedis 56
  • Falck 57
  • Certus 58
  • Polmed 58
    

Poles’ attitudes to private health care 61

• Frequency of using private medical care 61
• Socio-demographic profile of persons using private healthcare services 63
• Use of private medical care, by type of service 64
  • Use of primary medical care 64
  • Use of specialist medical services 65
  • Use of dental services 65
  • Use of other outpatient services 66
  • Use of long-term home health care services 67
• Reasons for choosing private healthcare 68
• Attitudes towards raising healthcare insurance premium 68
• Attitudes towards privatisation of medical facilities 70
• Attitudes towards co-payment 71
• Attitudes towards competition among third party payers 72
• Attitudes towards tax relief for private medical care 73

Economic trends 75

• Spending on outpatient services 75
  • Spending on dental care 77
  • Spending on primary health care and
  • specialist services 77
• Poland’s economic situation and development of private health care in 2007-2009 79
  • Economic growth in 2002-2009 79
  • Relationship between levels of income and spending on health care 80
  • Reasons for not using healthcare services 81

Legal environment 83

• Legal basis for conducting subscription business 83
• Legal basis for conducting insurance business 83
• The draft Act on Additional Voluntary Health Insurance 84
  • Key assumptions 84
  • Assessment of the draft 85
• Taxation of medical subscriptions and policies 87
  • Before 2007 87
  • Changes in tax law in 2007 88
  • Interpretation problems 88
• Draft Act on Healthcare Facilities 89

Annex 1 – Basic data on healtcare system in Poland 91

Annex 2 – Offer of insurance companies 99

• Signal Iduna 99
• Inter Polska 101
• Compensa 102
• PZU Zycie 104
• Cigna STU 105
• Allianz 107
• Ergo Hestia 108
• International Health Insurance Danmark 109

Annex 3 – Offer of private medical
companies 111

• Medicover 111
• Lux-Med 113
• Medycyna Rodzinna 115
• CM LIM 116
• Enel-Med 118
• Centrum Medyczne Damiana 119
• Swissmed 120
• Promedis 121
• Falck 122
• Certus 124
• Polmed 124

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