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US Hospital Lowering Prices To Attract Patients

2020-07-19T23:59:07.513Z


The establishment reacts while the number of international patients has dropped with the Covid crisis.With the Covid crisis, rooms were emptied at the American Hospital in Neuilly, as elsewhere, but probably more because of the closing of the borders of the Schengen area. And for good reason: the establishment normally receives 30% of international patients, representing 40% of its revenues. Consequence: an operating loss of 15 million euros. This private non-contracted establishment (that is to s...


With the Covid crisis, rooms were emptied at the American Hospital in Neuilly, as elsewhere, but probably more because of the closing of the borders of the Schengen area. And for good reason: the establishment normally receives 30% of international patients, representing 40% of its revenues. Consequence: an operating loss of 15 million euros. This private non-contracted establishment (that is to say with excess fees, except for chemotherapy, imaging and dialysis) therefore decided to lower its prices "significantly until the end of the year, a decrease of 20% " , indicates its director general Professor Robert Sigal in order to " increase accessibility " , to conquer new Ile-de-France patients, and to break the image"Hospital of the rich" , which sticks to his skin.

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An image that is due to the fact that the establishment welcomes show biz stars, West African personalities and large fortunes from the Gulf: the comfortable rooms

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Source: lefigaro

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