Germany's statutory healthcare system is bowing more and more to the principles of the market. This means hospital managers must cope with new challenges. As competition for patients and cases becomes fiercer, hospitals must come up with competitive and distinctive service portfolios — and actively market them. Forward-looking hospital marketing puts the focus squarely on physicians. Hospitals, doctors and patients alike stand to benefit.
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