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

2008 Release now available: ESP Database Plus^TF 2004 - 2010.

·        Includes 360 inpatient and outpatient surgical procedures for France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Spain. Now with forecasts and trending.

·        New: includes 33 new procedures and percentages of in-hospital, out-of-hospital, and minimally-invasive procedures.

European Hospital and Physician (EHP) Database

• EHP 2007 release now available for Group 1, Group 2, Group 3 and Emerging Markets Middle East and Africa (EMEA).  

*Benelux countries include Belgium and Luxembourg
**Nordic countries include Denmark, Norway, Finland, Holland, and Sweden.

COMING SOON in 2009:

• New Countries: 
  • EHP 2008 Data for Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) -- available in Q1 2009.
  • Power Point presentations have been added for each BRIC country describing the country context.
    
    
• New EHP 2008 Updates:  
  • Turkey and UAE: Available Q1 2009. Power point presentations have been added for Turkey and UAE describing the country context
  • Group 1 Countries: Available Q2 2009.

European Surgical Diagnostic Procedures (ESDP) Database

·         Includes 100 inpatient and outpatient surgical diagnostic procedures performed in public and private hospitals in France, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, and Spain.  This includes a wide range of biopsies and endoscopic procedures (e.g., colonoscopy, hysteroscopy, laparoscopy).
New ESDP 2007-2010 Available Now.

·         New features of ESDP 2007-2010 Release:

• Secondary procedures added for improved accuracy.
• Spain now available in addition to France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom.
• Three-year forecasts provided for each procedure by country.
• Number of needles used and number of samples taken per needle now included for needle biopsy procedures.

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.