Western Europe, Healthcare Sector, IS Budget Outlook

Western European healthcare executives have positive expectations about their IS budget situation. When IDC asked about the future outlook, healthcare executives are optimistic about total IS budget, growth is expected for routine infrastructure upgrades and, especially among primary care providers, for the share of budget allocated to external spending.

In this study IDC provides an analysis of results of the IDC Vertical Market Survey carried out in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the U.K. The results are based on 107 interviews in the healthcare sector. This study, which analyzes IS budget plans, is the first of a series of studies that include analysis of IT strategy and decision-making process, analysis of adoption of new technologies, and analysis of IT security adoption and investment plans.

"IT vendors must leverage the opportunity arising from that optimism and target community care service executives, in particular in Spain," said Massimiliano Claps, program manager, Public Sector, IDC European Vertical Markets.

• IDC Opinion
• In This Study
  • Methodology
    • Conceptual Framework
    • Sample Design
      • Sampling Unit: IDC's Economic Entity
      • Sample Quotas
      • Table: Vertical Market Quotas
      • Table: Company Size Quotas
      • Sample Frame and Sampling Method
      • Table: Number of Completes by Country
    • Respondents
    • Interviews
    • Questionnaires
    • Interview Schedule
    • Confidence Intervals
    • Weighting
    • Analysis of the Data
  • Definitions
    • Healthcare Sector
• Situation Overview
  • Large Share of IS Budget Allocated to Maintenance
  • Figure: Western Europe, Healthcare Sector, Breakdown of IS Budget by Type of Initiative, 2005
  • Table: Western Europe, Healthcare Sector, Breakdown of IS Spending by Type of Initiative, 2005
  • Figure: Western Europe, Healthcare Sector, Breakdown of IS Budget Between Internal and External Expenditure, 2005
  • Table: Western Europe, Healthcare Sector, Breakdown of IS Spending Between Internal and External Expenditure, 2005
• Future Outlook
  • Overall Expenditure and Total IS Budget Outlooks Are Positive
  • Figure: Western Europe, Healthcare Sector, Six-Month Outlook
  • Table: Western Europe, Healthcare Sector, Six-Month Outlook
  • Figure: Western Europe, Healthcare Sector, Total Expenditure Budget Outlook
  • Table: Western Europe, Healthcare Sector, Total Expenditure Budget Outlook
  • Figure: Western Europe, Healthcare Sector, IS Spending Outlook
  • Table: Western Europe, Healthcare Sector, IS Spending Outlook
  • Share of External IT Spending Will Grow
  • Figure: Western Europe, Healthcare Sector, Expected Change of IS Spending by Type of Initiative
  • Figure: Western Europe, Healthcare Sector, Expected Change of the Share of External Expenditure
  • Table: Western Europe, Healthcare Sector, Expected Change of the Share of External Expenditure
• Essential Guidance
  • IT Vendors Must Target Community Care
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  • Related Research
  • Synopsis