Sanador and MedLife in Bucharest and Red Hospital Sf. Sava in Iasi are the three largest, and the ranking also includes Regina Maria, Medicover, Monza and Polaris Medical.
The ranking of the biggest private hospitals in Romania shows that the top 20 hospitals account for more than half of the market, according to a ZF analysis based on Health Ministry and National Statistics Institute data. The ranking uses 2016 figures as registered by the National Statistics Institute.
The total number of beds in private hospitals, including health centers, reached 6,983 last year, up 316 on 2015, according to National Statistics Institute data.
A number of 319 companies operated on the private hospital market of Romania last year, whose revenue stood at 865 million lei (EUR188 million) and they had 5,800 employees, according to Trade Registry data. (EUR1=RON4.5915)
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)