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Portuguese private sector expands but what about 2011?

publication date: Nov 22, 2010
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The Portuguese private healthcare sector expects sales of its 40 or so members to grow from €900m in 2009 to over €1bn in 2010. Teófilo Leite, head of the Association of Private Hospitals suggests that now is the time for Portugal to privatise statutory insurance as in the Netherlands. But the minority socialist government won't do that.


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