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Healthcare

Fierce competition, new customer needs, legal reforms – the framework in the healthcare market is constantly changing. Our Healthcare Practice Group supports all players in seizing opportunities and mastering their challenges.

Besides the traditional consulting areas such as marketing, organization, cost cutting or M&A, we also provide input from our intensive analysis of current market trends and developments

 

In brief

Innovation in a dynamic market

  • Market growth and new customer needs

    Traditional healthcare is growing by 2-3% annually in the Western world. The privately funded "secondary healthcare market" is growing much faster. This is due to increasing healthcare needs that cannot be satisfied by existing offers.
  • Constantly changing framework

    Demographic developments and cost increases mean healthcare is subject to constant reforms. The market players must be able to quickly adjust to new circumstances.
  • Converging submarkets and changing roles of market players

    The healthcare market is becoming more and more integrated. The boundaries between statutory and private health insurance are becoming blurred; payors and providers are coming together in integrated healthcare provision and e-health; and the industry and health insurance companies are developing joint business models.
  • The pace of innovation

    Traditional healthcare products such as pharma, medical devices and biotechnology are converging in many areas, thereby offering completely new treatment options. The privately funded healthcare market is constantly coming up with new ideas and products: MP3 players are suddenly communicating with sneakers (cooperation of Apple with Nike), supermarkets are offering medical treatment (WalMart in the US), women's magazines are developing joint product lines with frozen food manufacturers.

Numerous and diverse projects mean we know all player types and take an integrated approach to viewing the healthcare market. Where appropriate, we bring the players together to collaborate and give them a competitive edge.

Our state-of-the-art projects in strategic realignment, profit boosting/cost cutting, marketing/sales, organization or M&A help make the healthcare market more innovative.

Further reading

The increasing role of GPOs in the hospital environment

Study, 2012

German hospitals have been facing rising costs for years, and this trend will continue in the future. More than 40% of hospital spending goes to material costs …  >>

 
think: act CONTENT "Fundraising"

think: act CONTENT, 2012

Together with the Deutscher Fundraising Verband, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants conducted a study on "Fundraising in German hospitals". The objective was to determine whether fundraising …  >>

 
The cross-industry significance of the secondary healthcare market

Speech held at the ISPO Munich 2012, 2012

At the ISPO Munich 2012, Karsten Neumann, leader of the practice group payors and politics , held a speech on the cross-industry significance of the secondary healthcare market …  >>

 
think: act CONTENT "Betriebliches Gesundheitsmanagement"

think: act CONTENT - available in German only, 2012

Occupational health is high on the agenda of employers, health insurance funds and governments. Employers must keep their ageing workforces healthy and start to view health programs as a way to improve their attractiveness as employers …  >>

 
Weltweite Gesundheitswirtschaft

Study (in German), 2011

The Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology commissioned Roland Berger Strategy Consultants to analyze the German and international healthcare markets …  >>

 
developments in the cost of materials and the importance of purchasing associations for hospitals

Study, 2011

Expenditure on health in Germany is rising steadily – up from EUR 212 billion in 2000 to around EUR 279 billion in 2010 …  >>

 
Präventionsstrategien für Krankenversicherungen

Speech (in German), 2011

At the 3rd health insurance day in Stuttgart, our Principal Karsten Neumann talked about prevention as a long-term approach for cost reduction in the health care system …  (PDF, 1748 KB)

 
Krankenkassen und Arbeitgeber im Betrieblichen Gesundheitsmanagement

Speech (in German), 2010

Joachim Kartte and Karsten Neumann held a speech at the German Federal Ministry of Health on the role of politics in corporate health management …  (PDF, 1969 KB)

 
Een andere instelling

think: act CONTENT (in Dutch), 2010

Healthcare in the Netherlands is facing a massive change towards performance-based funding and government deregulation …  >>

 
Erfolg auf dem Gesundheitsmarkt

Study jointly with WKÖ (in German), 2010

Healthcare is a megatrend - understandig the characteristics is essential …  >>

 
Evolution of medicine

think: act CONTENT, 2010

A new think: act CONTENT says how diseases, medicine and health care are changing worldwide – and what we should do …  >>

 
Die Zukunft der Krankenhausfinanzierung in Deutschland

Study (in German), 2009

This study, produced by the Department of Business Administration at Bayreuth University and Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, assumes that the financing of German hospitals will, in the future, be more varied than before …  >>

 
Strukturen der Prävention - Die richtigen Programme für die Bürger

Study (in German), 2009

The Germans clearly have some catching up to do when it comes to prevention and living healthy. That's the result of a study by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants which surveyed 1,000 Germans …  >>

 
E-HEALTH Wachstumsperspektiven für die Telekommunikationsbranche

Study, 2009

According to our study, the market for electronic healthcare services (eHealth) offers the telecommunications industry huge potential …  >>

 
Zukunftsmarkt Gesundheit

Study jointly with WKÖ (in German), 2008

The topic of "healthcare" has become increasingly important in recent years. The reasons for this include rising health awareness, ageing populations and the increasing importance of prevention …  >>

 
Der Gesundheitsmarkt

Study (German), 2008

93% of the Germans want individualized healthcare services. Health insurance companies, doctors and hospitals are expanding their range of products and services. This is the conclusion of a study by Roland Berger Strategy Consultants on strategies of providers in the German healthcare system and their acceptance by the public …  >>

 
Trends in European health care

Study, 2007

This study presents an overview of selected European healthcare systems and explains their respective similarities and differences. The individual hospital structures differ greatly. It concludes by discussing the impact of these trends on Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland and relevant success stories of both providers and payors are pointed out. …  (PDF, 733 KB)

 

Speech (in German), 2006

How can Austrian hospitals increase their efficiency? Dr. Joachim Kartte held a speech on this topic showing also possibilities to finance investments …  (PDF, 268 KB)

 

Speech (in German), 2006

Financial and structural risks are threatening the health sector. Hospitals must act immediately. Based on the example of the Charité, Torsten Henzelmann shows how Public Private Partnership can play an essential part in outsourcing secondary business processes. …  (PDF, 319 KB)

 
Approach to optimizing the infrastructure exemplified by university medical care

Speech (in German), 2006

Germany's largest research institution, the Helmholtz Society, invited us to talk about improving infrastructure, given the example of a university hospital …  (PDF, 307 KB)

 

Our experts

Austria

Roland Falb

Managing Partner

Vienna, Austria
Phone: +43 1 53602-201
E-mail: e-mail

 

China

Matthew Chang

Partner

Shanghai, China
Phone: +86 21 5298 6677 886
E-mail: e-mail

 
Bruce Liu

Partner

Shanghai, China
Phone: +86 21 52986677-858
E-mail: e-mail

 

France

Christophe Angoulvant

Partner

Paris, France
Phone: +33 1 53670-984
E-mail: e-mail

 

Germany

Max Falckenberg

Partner

Düsseldorf, Germany
Phone: +49 211 4389-2301
E-mail: e-mail

 
Nils von Kuhlwein

Partner

Düsseldorf, Germany
Phone: +49 211 4389-2122
E-mail: e-mail

 
Zun-Gon Kim

Partner

Munich, Germany
Phone: +49 89 9230-8609
E-mail: e-mail

 
Jochen Gleisberg

Partner

Stuttgart, Germany
Phone: +49 711 3275-7221
E-mail: e-mail

 
Thomas Kwasniok

Partner

Düsseldorf, Germany
Phone: +49 211 4389-2104
E-mail: e-mail

 
Karsten Neumann

Principal

Berlin, Germany
Phone: +49 30 39927-3528
E-mail: e-mail

 
Oliver Rong

Partner

Berlin, Germany
Phone: +49 30 39927-3564
E-mail: e-mail

 

Netherlands

Tijo J. G. Collot d'Escury

Partner and Member of the Executive Committee

Amsterdam, Netherlands
Phone: +31 20 7960-610
E-mail: e-mail

 

Spain

Ricardo Wehrhahn

Partner

Madrid, Spain
Phone: +34 91 5647361
E-mail: e-mail

 

Sweden

Hans Nyctelius

Principal

Stockholm, Sweden
Phone: +46 8 410438 0
E-mail: e-mail

 

Switzerland

Lukas Weber

Partner

Zurich, Switzerland
Phone: +41 43 336-8690
E-mail: e-mail

 

United Kingdom

David Stern

Partner

London, United Kingdom
Phone: +44 20 30751-115
E-mail: e-mail

 

Recent publication

The increasing role of GPOs in the hospital environment

Study, 2012

German hospitals have been facing rising costs for years, and this trend will continue in the future. More than 40% of hospital spending goes to material costs …  >>