Article: A New Estimate by Siemens Financial Services Reveals: Investments in European Healthcare Systems are not Being Optimally Financed.

MUNICH, Germany, May 27 /PRNewswire/ --

- In Europe's Leading Economies, the Inefficiently Bound Capital in the Healthcare System is Estimated to Have Grown From EUR 11.1 bn to EUR 13.1 bn Between 2005 and 2006. This Represents an Increase of About 19%.

Recent figures of an analysis by Siemens Financial Services (SFS) underscore the substantial potential for efficient employment of capital in European healthcare systems: SFS calculations show that more than EUR 13 bn was "bound" in 2006. With nearly EUR 4 bn, Germany ranked first among the countries that were studied. "Bound" capital is capital that is more or less "frozen" as a result of the ...

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