Faced with falling turnover at 80-90% per month due to limitations in pandemic COVID-19 private clinics hope to restore the traffic of patients to fall. According to market participants, can contribute to that pent-up demand and rising concerns about their own health. As a result, some players even expect the revenue growth. But experts are more pessimistic, warning that hospitals will have a negative impact low summer season, and the turnover of the private healthcare market for the year could be reduced.Participants of the market of private medicine expect to return to last year’s figures for attendance of clinics they manage by the end of the third quarter of 2020 in the absence of the second wave of the pandemic COVID-19. Forecast “y” provided in the clinic, “Medicine” Grigory Rojtberg. They point out that from the beginning of April to end of may, in the midst of the restrictions, the monthly turnover of private clinics fell by 80%, dental 90%. Only in the first week limits the number of students attending the clinics of the patients decreased by 2.5 times, compared to the same period of 2019.The compulsory isolation in Moscow was introduced in late March and continued until mid-June. At this time the citizens could leave their homes only for household needs, and later was introduced the system throughput. Dental clinics were allowed to accept patients only in emergency cases, and a number of multi-disciplinary private medical institutions reshaped and began to receive patients with COVID-19 under the MLA.These “Medicine” is confirmed in one of the largest private networks of clinics GK “Medsi” (enters in AFK “System” Vladimir Yevtushenkov). According to the Director, Commerce and marketing of the group’s Alla Kanunnikov, during the period of restrictions on movement download clinics fell by 80%. “Revenues declined significantly in contrast to the maintenance costs of buildings and salaries of employees,” she said. So, if the average of the turnover of the group in the month was RUB 2 billion, in April — at least RUB 1 billion In network “Doctor is near” they say that the largest drop in the flow of patients had in April — 50%.In June, following the easing of the isolation regime, the flow of patients has increased by more than 50% compared to may, according to “Medicine.”At the clinic believe that in the absence of new outbreaks COVID-19 and additional restrictions on the movement of citizens in the second half of July, the number of patients will increase by 100% and by the end of the third quarter of 2020 by 300% relative to the period of limitation.Alla Kanunnikov said that the current in the time of a pandemic pent-up demand has already begun to affect revenues: the patients return to the solution of pending health problems. Additional demand and flow form ��eople with chronic diseases, added to “Medicine”. According to MS Kanunnikov, during the pandemic the population was under the understanding that prevention surveys are extremely important. Therefore, in the “meds” are predicting that by the end of 2020, the revenue will remain at the level of 2019 or even slightly higher.At the same time, some market participants claim to have been able to return to last year’s figures in June. This, in particular, according to the United network of clinics “nearmedic” and “the next Doctor”. According to the CEO of the network’s Kolomentseva, the positive dynamics contributed to the diversified location of clinics: at one time more were involved in the clinic at the house, the other in the city centre. In addition, the company is actively working towards the provision of testing services COVID-19 that was in demand in patients, adds top-Manager.But the General Director DSM Group Sergey shuljak doubt that most of the private clinics will be able to return to last year’s figures this year. The summer period is traditionally characterized by low demand for medical services that is imposed on the turnover decline in April and may, he says. As a result, according to experts, by the end of 2020, the turnover of the private healthcare sector is likely to show a negative trend year-on-year. Rosstat estimated the volume of paid medical services in 2018 in 677,6 billion rubles Maria Kotova
