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Should your hospital die?

‘Monster Under the Bed’ is a new season of podcasts by the European Investment Bank that tackles myths and prejudices we all have about anything from health care to cybercrime, and from urban planning to education. In this episode we talk about how ...

Episode 1 of the A Dictionary of Finance podcast, hosted by European Investment Bank, titled "Should your hospital die?" was published on November 26, 2019 and runs 24 minutes.

November 26, 2019 ·24m · A Dictionary of Finance

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‘Monster Under the Bed’ is a new season of podcasts by the European Investment Bank that tackles myths and prejudices we all have about anything from health care to cybercrime, and from urban planning to education.In this episode we talk about how advances in medicine and squeezed budgets are forcing countries to rethink health care.For most of us, hospitals conjure up some very specific images: nurses and doctors running around, fancy machinery beeping away, somebody yelling “STAT!” While hospitals are chaotic places, they are also strangely reassuring. No matter how you are injured or what strange illness you’ve contracted, going to the nearby hospital can make you better. But maybe you don’t need a hospital after all. Did you know:-      Hospitals are an extremely expensive way to treat people-      Technology has made many surgeries less invasive, so that we don’t need to spend as much time in a hospital bed-      Patients in hospitals are often overtreated or required to stay longer than necessary-      Germany has a higher number of hospital beds than Spain, but the Spanish system is one of the world’s best-      People with chronic health issues are best treated outside of a hospital setting-      20% of all health spending is wasted on ineffective careOur guests are Tunde Szabo and Dana Burduja from the European Investment Bank’s Life Sciences division. They talk about how many countries actually need to close hospitals, or at least slim them down, to free up resources for other, more effective forms of care.Subscribe and rate us! This way you won’t miss any episodes. And give us feedback via @AllarTankler or Twitter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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‘Monster Under the Bed’ is a new season of podcasts by the European Investment Bank that tackles myths and prejudices we all have about anything from health care to cybercrime, and from urban planning to education.


In this episode we talk about how advances in medicine and squeezed budgets are forcing countries to rethink health care.

For most of us, hospitals conjure up some very specific images: nurses and doctors running around, fancy machinery beeping away, somebody yelling “STAT!” While hospitals are chaotic places, they are also strangely reassuring. No matter how you are injured or what strange illness you’ve contracted, going to the nearby hospital can make you better. But maybe you don’t need a hospital after all. Did you know:

-      Hospitals are an extremely expensive way to treat people

-      Technology has made many surgeries less invasive, so that we don’t need to spend as much time in a hospital bed

-      Patients in hospitals are often overtreated or required to stay longer than necessary

-      Germany has a higher number of hospital beds than Spain, but the Spanish system is one of the world’s best

-      People with chronic health issues are best treated outside of a hospital setting

-      20% of all health spending is wasted on ineffective care


Our guests are Tunde Szabo and Dana Burduja from the European Investment Bank’s Life Sciences division. They talk about how many countries actually need to close hospitals, or at least slim them down, to free up resources for other, more effective forms of care.

Subscribe and rate us! This way you won’t miss any episodes. And give us feedback via @AllarTankler or Twitter.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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