Felix Platter

What Felix Platter does

Universitäre Altersmedizin FELIX PLATTER is a publicly-owned, university-affiliated geriatric hospital in Basel, Switzerland, owned by Canton Basel-Stadt and operated as a legally independent public-law institution since 2012. The hospital integrates three core clinical disciplines under one roof: acute geriatric medicine (Akute Altersmedizin), rehabilitation and acute neurology, and geriatric psychiatry (Alterspsychiatrie). It operates specialized units including a Memory Clinic (one of the largest Swiss centers for cognitive disorder diagnostics), a DelirUnit for delirium management, a Multidisciplinary Intensive Care Station (MIBS) for patients with combined somatic and cognitive impairment, a 24-hour intake station, and a Day Clinic for outpatient rehabilitation. The hospital also runs the AdvantAGE program, providing up to 90 days of home transitional care by Advanced Practice Nurses following hospital discharge, which was awarded Innovation Qualité 2026.

The hospital serves approximately 6,000 inpatients and over 3,000 outpatients annually with a workforce of more than 960 employees (including roughly 350 nursing staff, 100+ therapists, 80 physicians, 160 in hospitality, and 80 administrative roles, plus 115 trainees). Revenue is generated through SwissDRG-billed inpatient services (acute somatics, rehabilitation, and psychiatric care accounting for approximately 90% of revenue), TARMED-billed outpatient services, and supplementary insurance upgrades to Comfort and Privé ward tiers. The hospital's research and clinical infrastructure supports internationally recognized work in dementia, mobility, and healthy aging, with affiliated university professors holding chairs in acute geriatric medicine (Prof. Heike Bischoff-Ferrari, principal investigator of the DO-HEALTH European study) and dementia diseases (Prof. Marc Aurel Busche, 2026 Rainwater Prize recipient). Proprietary technical assets include an AI-supported food scanner for nutritional monitoring, a Digital Frailty Sensor co-developed with University Hospital Basel for radar-based fall and frailty risk detection, a Type B clinical laboratory, and gait robotics for rehabilitation.

The go-to-market is non-commercial: as a public regional hospital under the Swiss cantonal hospital law (ÖSpG) of Basel-Stadt, patients are admitted exclusively through physician referrals (primary care, specialists, other hospitals) or the 24-hour intake station, with referrals accepted primarily from Canton Basel-Stadt and surrounding Basel-Landschaft. Distribution runs through a dedicated Zuweiser (referrer) portal, physician liaison team, and electronic report delivery. The hospital's commercial footprint includes branded hospitality services (Cuisine Felix, Café Noir, Ristorante Verde), the Moltein leucine-enriched nutritional product, recipe publications through the Felix Platter Foundation in partnership with Betty Bossi, and an "alt & ehrlich" podcast launched in 2025. In fiscal year 2025, the hospital reported a CHF 2.9 million profit and an 8.9% EBITDAR margin, exceeding the cantonal ownership strategy target.

Name

Felix Platter

Legal name

Universitäre Altersmedizin FELIX PLATTER

Website

https://felixplatter.ch

Company type

Public

Founded year

1956

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Felix Platter is a publicly-owned, university-affiliated geriatric hospital in Basel, Switzerland, providing acute geriatric medicine, rehabilitation, and geriatric psychiatry to elderly patients through inpatient, outpatient, and home transitional care programs under the Canton of Basel-Stadt.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Geriatric Hospital Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (6221), Offices of Physicians (6211)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Chronic Care & Complex Care Management (HSABAIAD)

Keywords

• Geriatric medicine
• Elderly rehabilitation
• Geriatric psychiatry
• Dementia diagnostics
• Transitional home care

Headquarters

HQ city

Basel

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Acute Somatic Care (Akutsomatik): Revenue from treating acutely ill elderly patients in the acute geriatric medicine department. Billed under Swiss DRG (SwissDRG) system. Approximately 90% of hospital revenue is generated through inpatient services across acute somatics, rehabilitation, and geriatric psychiatry combined.
2. Geriatric Rehabilitation: Inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services for elderly patients recovering from strokes, neurological conditions, orthopedic surgeries, and other acute events. Revenue generated through DRG billing for inpatient rehabilitation.
3. Geriatric Psychiatry (Alterspsychiatrie): Specialized psychiatric care for elderly patients with mental health conditions including dementia-related behavioral symptoms, depression, and other psychiatric disorders. Billed under the psychiatric tariff system.
4. Outpatient / Ambulatory Services: Outpatient treatments, therapies, and consultations for over 3,000 patients annually including physiotherapy, ergotherapy, logopaedics, nutrition therapy, and specialist consultations. Billed under TARMED tariff system.
5. Insurance Upgrade Tiers: Revenue from supplementary insurance upgrades (Comfort and Privé wards) offering enhanced hotel services, premium accommodation, and executive medical care for semi-private and fully private insured patients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Felix Platter (Universitäre Altersmedizin FELIX PLATTER) is Switzerland's first university-affiliated geriatric hospital, providing acute geriatric medicine, geriatric rehabilitation, and geriatric psychiatry for elderly patients under one roof. It operates specialized units including the Memory Clinic, DelirUnit, MIBS, and Day Clinic, alongside the AdvantAGE transitional home care model and outpatient services (radiology, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, dermatology, ophthalmology, urology). Inpatient services are billed under SwissDRG and outpatient under TARMED.

Product overview

Felix Platter (Universitäre Altersmedizin FELIX PLATTER) is a university geriatric hospital offering an integrated care model combining acute geriatric medicine, rehabilitation, and geriatric psychiatry under one roof. The hospital provides inpatient care across eight wards (including specialized DelirUnit and MIBS units), outpatient services (including Memory Clinic, Day Clinic, and ambulatory therapies), and home care through the AdvantAGE program. Hospitality services include Cuisine Felix, Café Noir, and Ristorante Verde. The hospital is organized into three insurance tiers (Classic, Comfort, Privé) and offers specialized nutritional products like Moltein. The institution also produces digital content including the 'alt & ehrlich' podcast and conducts clinical research in mobility, cognition, and nutrition. A Type B clinical laboratory supports diagnostic services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Akute Altersmedizin (Acute Geriatric Medicine) Core medical department providing acute inpatient geriatric care for elderly patients (typically 65+) with acute illnesses, multi-morbidity, frailty, and complex care needs, billed under SwissDRG.
• Rehabilitation Geriatric and neurological rehabilitation department providing inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation to help elderly patients regain mobility and function after stroke, neurological events, orthopedic surgeries, and other acute events. Billed under DRG for inpatient rehabilitation.
• Alterspsychiatrie (Geriatric Psychiatry) Specialized psychiatric care for elderly patients addressing dementia-related behavioral symptoms, depression, anxiety, psychosis, and other mental health conditions in older adults. Billed under the psychiatric tariff system.
• Akutneurologie (Acute Neurology) Acute neurology department treating neurological conditions in elderly patients, integrated with rehabilitation and acute geriatric services.
• Memory Clinic One of the largest Swiss centers for the diagnostics of cognitive disorders and brain performance disturbances, offering comprehensive dementia assessment and treatment including new anti-amyloid therapies such as Donanemab (Kisunla).
• DelirUnit Specialized unit for delirium management combining clinical care, academic development, and research in early delirium detection and prevention, featuring interprofessional teams and enhanced staffing ratios.
• MIBS (Multidisciplinary Intensive Care Station) Multidisciplinary intensive care station for elderly patients with complex somatic diseases and simultaneous cognitive impairment, requiring enhanced interprofessional management.
• Tagesklinik (Day Clinic) Outpatient geriatric rehabilitation where patients attend 1-5 times per week for comprehensive rehabilitation including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and neuropsychology while returning home each evening. Requires physician referral and health insurance pre-approval.
• Ambulante Therapien (Outpatient Therapies) Outpatient therapy services including physiotherapy, occupational therapy (ergotherapy), and speech therapy (logopaedics) for elderly patients requiring ongoing therapy post-discharge, mobility maintenance, and chronic disease management.
• AdvantAGE Care Model Specialized transitional care model where Advanced Practice Nurses (APN) with geriatric expertise visit elderly patients at home for up to 90 days after hospital discharge, coordinating with family doctors, Spitex, and pharmacies to bridge inpatient and outpatient care. Awarded the Innovation Qualité 2026.
• Moltein Leucine-enriched whey protein drink developed to counteract muscle loss in aging, provided to patients during physiotherapy for muscle building. Hosted on its own domain (moltein.ch) as a distinct product line.
• Radiologie (Radiology) Outpatient radiology services accessible via physician referral with a valid medical prescription for elderly patients.
• Psychologischer Dienst (Psychological Service) Outpatient psychological services for elderly patients accessed via physician referral.
• Dermatologie Outpatient dermatology services for elderly patients accessed via physician referral.
• Augenklinik (Eye Clinic) Outpatient ophthalmology services for elderly patients accessed via physician referral.
• Urologie Outpatient urology services for elderly patients accessed via physician referral.
• Clarunis University Bowel Centre Gastroenterology and bowel health services provided through Clarunis at the Felix Platter site, providing integrated digestive health services as part of the outpatient care offering.
• Basler Demenz-Delir-Programm Comprehensive program for delirium management including clinical care, academic development, and research in early detection and prevention of delirium in elderly patients.
• Klinisches Labor (Type B Clinical Laboratory) Type B clinical laboratory providing hematology, clinical chemistry, immunology, immunohematology, and microbiology testing to support hospital patient care.
• Cuisine Felix In-house gastronomy service preparing fresh meals daily using regional ingredients, with special menu lines for elderly nutritional needs, available to patients, visitors, and staff.

Quantifiable outcome

• 340+ patients successfully cared for through the AdvantAGE program (2023-2025), demonstrating reduced hospital readmissions and improved post-discharge independence
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

AI capability1 record

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Universität Basel (University of Basel)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2013Felix Platter maintains a university affiliation through the Clinical Professorship in Geriatry at the University of Basel. The collaboration enables international research projects (e.g., DO-HEALTH European study), academic teaching, and direct translation of scientific findings into patient care. Prof. Heike Bischoff-Ferrari holds the professorship for Acute Geriatric Medicine, and Prof. Marc Aurel Busche holds the professorship for Dementia Diseases.
• CURAVIVA Basel-Stadt und BasellandcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCURAVIVA is the association of institutions for the elderly and care in Basel. Felix Platter cooperates with CURAVIVA and its member institutions (nursing and care homes) for the discharge and aftercare of patients who transition to institutional care after hospitalization.
• SPITEX BASELcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSPITEX is the home care and nursing organization serving the Basel region. Felix Platter works closely with SPITEX and other Spitex organizations to coordinate home-based care for patients after discharge, enabling elderly patients to return safely to their homes.
• Betty Bossi (via Felix Platter-Stiftung für Forschung und Innovation)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Felix Platter Foundation collaborated with Betty Bossi to create recipe booklets ('gesund & stark' for protein-rich nutrition and 'gesund & smart' for brain-healthy eating) designed for healthy aging. These publications are distributed free to patients and the public to promote evidence-based nutrition for older adults.
• Universitätsspital Basel (USB)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe acute geriatric medicine department (AGUK) of USB was transferred to Felix Platter in 2013 along with the university chair in geriatrics. Joint research projects include the Digital Frailty Sensor (Future Friday Innovation Prize winner). Clinical collaboration continues through shared staff, joint appointments (e.g., Prof. Stefan Engelter as leading neurologist at USB), and the interprofessional geriatric consultation service.
• Global Health Span Extension ConsortiumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFelix Platter participates in the Global Health Span Extension Consortium, an international research collaboration focused on extending healthy years of life (health span extension) through research in geriatrics, prevention, nutrition, and mobility.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Klinik Barmelweid: Swiss specialty clinic focused on cardiac, pulmonary, psychosomatic and internal rehabilitation with strong physician-led research collaborations. Directly comparable to Felix Platter as a Swiss specialty hospital pairing rehabilitation with academic research and tertiary referrals.
• Schmieder Kliniken: Leading German group of neurological and medical rehabilitation clinics known for academic research and specialized post-stroke programs. Comparable because of its scale (~1,000 beds), research-driven rehabilitation offering, and overlap with Felix Platter’s LSVT BIG therapy and neurological rehab services.
• Bethesda Spital Basel: Private acute hospital in Basel offering orthopedics, surgery and geriatric rehabilitation with similar insurance-tier accommodation. Directly comparable because it competes for the same regional referral pool and patient insurance upgrades, and serves as Felix Platter’s closest local market overlap.
• Hôpital de gériatrie de Beau-Séjour (HUG, Geneva): Geneva geriatric hospital affiliated with the Geneva University Hospitals, providing acute geriatrics, rehabilitation, and memory services. Comparable because it is the French-Swiss equivalent of Felix Platter in scope (acute + rehab + memory clinic) and academic standing.

Broad incumbents

• Inselspital, Universitätsspital Bern: Largest Swiss university hospital, providing a dedicated geriatric medicine department alongside full tertiary care. Comparable as a university-affiliated provider with overlapping academic and clinical geriatric capabilities in the Swiss market.
• Universitätsspital Basel (USB): Full-service university hospital in Basel and Felix Platter’s primary strategic partner since the 2013 merger of acute geriatrics. Comparable as a broad academic teaching hospital in the same city, but operates across all specialties rather than focusing on geriatric medicine.
• Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois (CHUV): Lausanne university hospital with an established Service of Geriatric Medicine and Geriatric Rehabilitation. Comparable because it operates a similar integration of acute geriatrics, rehabilitation, and research within a Swiss public university hospital setting.

Regional players

• RehaClinic: Swiss chain of rehabilitation and acute-care clinics with locations in German- and French-speaking regions. Comparable as a multi-site Swiss rehabilitation operator, though it is more distributed across regions rather than focused on geriatric acute care.

Emerging players

• Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Geriatrics Department: Germany’s largest university hospital, with a prominent research-intensive geriatrics department. Comparable as an internationally recognized academic geriatric center whose models, protocols, and clinical trials inform the European geriatric care frontier in which Felix Platter competes.
• Zentrum für Alter und Mobilität (University of Zurich / Stadtspital Waid): Academic geriatric research and clinical center in Zurich jointly run with University Hospital. Directly comparable as a research-led geriatric medicine outfit and one of the few Swiss centers competing with Felix Platter for international research and tertiary referrals.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCAtZ3R2eJBt8DFrzNI9Q3cqw
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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

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