Economic importance of hospitals providing public health services in Bern

Polynomics has been commissioned by diespitäler.be and the Verband der Privatspitäler des Kantons Bern (VPSB) to perform a study on the economic importance of hospitals providing public health services in the Canton of Bern. The findings show that the hospitals providing public health services are an important employer in the canton and have contributed significantly to the rise in the number of jobs and value creation in the canton in recent years. Patients in Bern benefit from a broad product portfolio and are very satisfied with the services. The hospitals’ reserve services also ensure that healthcare is quickly provided throughout the canton, which is a preference expressed by the public. The hospitals providing public health services in Bern provide all of these services in a market with increasingly complex and strict government requirements.