From December 5 to 6, 2006, the FTD International Healthcare Business Conference brought together international top managers from the healtcare business sector in order to facilitate exchange, provide stimuli, and encourage political debate. The International Network Health Policy & Reform participated with a poster exhibition on international developments in the healthcare business sector.

Financial Times Deutschland conference "International Healthcare Business"

Participants at the FTD conference took a look at developments in new markets in Asia and Central and Eastern Europe, at new business models, and at obstacles to innovation and chances for growth in other countries around the world. For more information on the conference agenda, visit the event's Web site.

International Network Health Policy and Reform presented international best practice examples

What role does the private sector play in Central European and Asian countries? Can we observe a trend toward privatization of health care? What chances does globalization of health care offer?

For the second time, the International Network Health Policy & Reform participated at an FTD conference presenting international healthcare business developments. Posters illustrated for example the successful outsourcing of x-rays from Singaporean hospitals to India or the establishment of a national health information system in Estonia. The country examples can be downloaded as PDF (see box "Healthcare markets in Central Europe and Asia" at the right).