Healthcare and Social Services

During 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic revealed a challenging situation for the Canadian healthcare and social services system, both through severe and long-lasting drug shortages and inefficiency of healthcare services provision. In addition, according ...

Over the past decade, the UK government has systematically increased budget allocations to the healthcare sector, in part to meet growing demand from the rapidly ageing population. Over 2009-2019, the number of senior citizens in the UK increased by ...

In 2019, healthcare and social services in China continued to grow at a fast pace, supported by rising household incomes, a rapidly ageing population, and growing public funding. Moreover, the industry continued to benefit from ongoing healthcare ...

In 2018, the French government introduced a 5-year investment plan for 2018-2022, with a budget of EUR57.1 billion. EUR4.9 billion is set to be allocated to healthcare, and will be distributed between hospital renovations, telemedicine, the ...

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Public spending has been the major driving force for the healthcare and social services industry in Germany. Private health insurance amounts to less than 10% of total funding for healthcare, and the industry is mainly dependent on statutory ...

As the number of people in need of medical services rose in the aftermath of the years of austerity measures, Italian public hospitals increasingly faced financial challenges. At the beginning of 2020, the Italian healthcare sector faced an ...

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After a period of austerity measures, in 2019, Spain’s government spending on healthcare increased, and accounted for 6% of total government spending, contributing to steady healthcare industry revenue growth over the year. At the beginning of 2020, ...

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