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Romania represents 10% of private health market in Central Europe
Romania represents only 10% of the private health market in Central Europe, a sector which the market research company PMR estimates at 21 billion euros, but will have the most rapid growth rate in the area and will exceed the Czech Republic until 2021.
Romania and Bulgaria are the states which, according to the PMR analysis will have and increase of private medical service use in the next 6 years, while Poland will continue progress in this field which it dominated in the area.
States in the region which occupy the largest share of the private medical service market are Poland, the country with the largest population, which made efficient reforms in the health system and Hungary, which invested in buying medicines. The estimated market share for Romania is 10%.
The increase of the market share in Romania and Bulgaria will be based on demand for private medical services and the evolution of investments in this sector between 2015 and 2021, Slovakia and Czech Republic will record drops of the market share after unfavorable reform, a thing noticeable in Hungary too. The private health insurance sector in Central Europe is not settled and every country applies its own rules.
The top of the biggest players in the private service market is dominated by MedLife with a business figure of 450 million lei, followed by Regina Maria, with 290 million lei last year, Finance Ministry data show.