Identifying and forecasting market opportunities across Europe presents a significant challenge to medical technology companies.  Differences in language, inconsistent methods of reporting, varying availability of healthcare data and a lack of standardization have made analyzing the EU markets a very difficult, expensive and time consuming task. Until now.

Windhover Information and Medtech Insight, in conjunction with TforG, a highly respected European consulting firm, is pleased to offer EU I.Q., the most comprehensive and accurate European Healthcare Data available to the medical product industry today. EU I.Q. includes current European surgical procedure volumes data and other hard-to-find European healthcare data, such as diagnostic procedure volumes data, country demographics, physician profiles and detailed hospital information. TforG has carefully compiled, developed and refined this set of data over the last 10 years, using industry experts in each country and a combination of public and private sources, national organizations and primary research.  Together these methods provide standardized healthcare information that is unparalleled, updated annually and comparable across the European Union.  Medtech Insight is proud to be the exclusive distributor of EU I.Q., which includes the following data sets:

European Surgical Procedures (ESP) Database

·         Includes 327 inpatient and outpatient surgical procedures for France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Spain. Now with forecasts and trending.

For 2007, a NEW and IMPROVED ESP is now available!!!

• ESP Database Plus^TF: 2004-2009 - NEW expanded version with trends and forecasts

European Hospital and Physician (EHP) Database

·        EHP 2007 release now available!

·         Group 1: Includes Spain, Germany, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom.

·         Group 2: Includes Denmark, Norway, Finland, Austria, Switzerland, Holland, Sweden, Belgium, and Luxembourg

·         Group 3: AVAILABLE NOW! Includes Eastern Europe (Russia, Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic).

·         Emerging Markets, Middle East and Africa: AVAILABLE NOW!
Includes Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the Republic of South Africa.

European Surgical Diagnostic Procedures (ESDP) Database

·         Includes over 190 inpatient and outpatient surgical diagnostic procedures performed in public and private hospitals in France, Italy, Germany, and the United Kingdom.  This includes a wide range of biopsies, endoscopic procedures (e.g., colonoscopy, hysteroscopy, laparoscopy) and other common diagnostic procedures (e.g., cardiac catheterizations, amniocentesis). 
Available Now.

International Hospitals Directory and Database (IHDD)

·         Vol. 1-Eastern Europe and South Africa 2006:  This database contains complete listings of almost 11,000 acute care hospitals throughout Hungary, Turkey, Russia, Czech Republic, Poland and South Africa, including contact information (telephone, address, fax, if available), number of beds, hospital type, and a rating of medical equipment availability (low, medium, premium).  
Available Now.

Methodology

Data for EU I.Q. are derived from national databases, interviews with private hospitals and data from professional organizations in each country.  The data are validated via interviews with physician experts and opinion leaders in each specialty (Cardio/Peripheral Vascular, ENT, General Surgery, Neuro/Spine, OB/GYN, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Plastic Surgery, Thoracic, Urology) per country and then standardized for comparison.  To view the specific methodologies and data sources for each database, click on the database of interest above.

For EU I.Q. frequently asked questions, click here.
 

After-Sales Support

When purchasing EU I.Q., customers also purchase after-sales service that is second to none.  We pride ourselves on providing the best support and solutions in the industry and are dedicated to ensuring our customers have continued success using these data.  After your purchase, Medtech sales and product managers are available to personally assist you and TforG analysts are available in each country to answer any additional questions pertaining to the data.  Contact your sales executive or send an e-mail to databases@medtechinsight.com.