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end users. Terveystalo provides
occupational healthcare services for over
25,000 companies in Finland, which have approximately 650,000
occupational health customers.
Revenue from corporate customers
for 2021
increased by 15.0 percent to EUR 481.7 (418.8) million.
Revenue from preventive occupational health services
1)
increased year-on-year,
as activity for basic occupational health services, such as
guidance and counseling, health examinations, and disability risk assessments, normalized during the first half of the year and remained at a
good level throughout the year.
Revenue was also increased by COVID-19 testing services offered
to companies, with nearly 350,000
(160,000) COVID-19 tests performed during the year as a whole. The average
prices of testing decreased year-on-year due to increased
supply and competition.
Demand for primary care appointments not relating to COVID
-19 remained clearly below the normal level due to
the low number of infections during the first half of the year,
but then began to recover during the third quarter,
and the number of
primary care appointments exceeded the level of the comparison period in the fourth quarter.
Demand for well-being services
2)
was strong
throughout the year, with sales increasing
by approximately 17 percent year-on-year.
The strongest growth was again seen in mental
well-
being services. The use of digital services increased by 41 percent to approximately 793,000 (562,000) appointments.
The number of end
customers in occupational health care increased year-on-year.
1)
The statutory task of occupational healthcare
is to prevent work-related adverse health effects.
Preventive services include, for example,
workplace surveys to examine the
conditions and exposures at the workplace;
health examinations; suggested
measures to improve work conditions and to promote
the employees’ ability to work; guidance and
counseling; participation in the planning and implementation
of measures that maintain work ability; promotion
of coping at work and, when necessary,
referrals to rehabilitation in
case of reduced work ability; guidance in first aid preparedness
at the workplace; and assessment and monitoring of
the quality and impact of occupational healthcare activities.
2)
Well-being services include, for example,
physiotherapy, mental well
-being services (psychologists and psychotherapists),
nutritional therapy, work ability coaching,
and massage
services.
Private customers
Private customers are Terveystalo’s
second-largest customer group. Private customers include private individuals and families. The
company’s strong brand, easy access to services without
long waiting times, extensive service portfolio for private customers, families, and
senior citizens, and personalized digital services give Terveystalo
a competitive edge over other private operators and public healthcare
services and encourage customers to invest in their own health. Services for private customers
are paid for either by the customers
themselves or by their insurance companies.
Revenue from private customers
for 2021
grew by 12.8 percent year-on-year and amounted to EUR
333.2 (295.4) million.
Demand for appointments with general practitioners was still clearly
below the normal level in the first half of the year due to the low
number of infections. However,
the demand normalized during the second half of the year and the number of appointments exceeded that
of the comparison period in the fourth quarter.
The demand for specialist medical services in fields such as orthopedics, gynecology,
ophthalmology, and dermatology continued to
grow throughout the year.
Revenue from surgical operations and imaging
services also grew
year-on-year.
The demand for well-being services, such as mental well-being and physical therapy
services, remained strong throughout the
year with revenue growing by 22 percent year-on-year.
Demand for oral health services was negatively affected
by the continuation of the
COVID-19 pandemic, and revenue decreased slightly year-on-year.
Revenue from insurance companies increased clearly year-on-year.
The
number of digital appointments increased by 71 percent to approximately
108,000 (63,300) appointments.
COVID-19 testing increased the
sales of laboratory services considerably. More
than 86,000 (36,000) COVID-19 tests were performed on private
customers in 2021. The
number of occupational healthcare customers using private services and revenue from
that segment grew substantially year-on-year.
Public sector customers
Terveystalo’s
public sector customer group consists of Finnish public sector organizations, such as municipalities, municipal federations
and
hospital districts as well as municipal occupational health customers. Terveystalo’s
broad nationwide platform, digital offering, good
reputation and established brand, as well as its thorough expertise and experience in healthcare services throughout the chain of care, make
Terveystalo
an attractive partner for the public sector.
Services for public sector customers are mainly financed from budgets of
municipalities, municipal federations and hospital districts. The services offered to public sector customers include full and
partial
outsourcing, healthcare staffing services, specialized care services, other healthcare services as well as occupational health services for
municipalities, municipal federations and hospital districts. Occupational health services covered approximately 80,000 persons.
Revenue from public sector customers for 2021
grew by 11.2 percent year-on-year and amounted
to EUR 302.8 (272.2) million.