St. Josef Hospital Bad Driburg

What St. Josef Hospital Bad Driburg does

St. Josef Hospital Bad Driburg is one of four hospital locations operated by the Katholische Hospitalvereinigung Weser-Egge gGmbH (KHWE), a Catholic non-profit hospital network headquartered in Brakel, Germany. KHWE serves the rural Kreis Höxter district in North Rhine-Westphalia through a vertically integrated care model spanning four hospitals, five senior nursing homes, five Caritas home care stations, two medical care centers (MVZ) with specialist practices, a therapy center, and a dedicated Bildungszentrum. The network treats approximately 33,000 inpatients and 50,000 outpatients annually and employs more than 3,200 staff, making it the largest training employer in the district with over 300 apprenticeship positions.

Revenue is generated primarily through the regulated German Diagnosis Related Groups (G-DRG) billing system for inpatient services and the EBM fee schedule for outpatient services, with payments received from statutory (GKV) and private (PKV) health insurance funds. The network functions as an Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus of Universität Göttingen, accepts Practical Year (PJ) medical students, and operates specialized centers including a Chest Pain Unit, Stroke Unit, TraumaZentrum, Prostatakrebszentrum, and Darmzentrum. It is the only Schwerpunktkrankenhaus in Kreis Höxter, providing structural regional coverage that eliminates patient travel to larger urban centers for specialty care.

The network deploys modern medical technology including Da Vinci robotic surgery systems, 3D laparoscopy, and (as of July 2026) AI-supported MRI-ultrasound fusion biopsy for prostate cancer diagnosis at the St. Ansgar Krankenhaus Höxter site. Patient-facing channels include a Doctolib-integrated online appointment booking system, while recruitment operates through a rexx systems-powered job portal. KHWE achieved Great Place to Work certification in 2024, and the organization actively recruits international nursing staff, notably from India via a partnership with the Agentur für Arbeit Paderborn. No external funding, venture capital, or M&A activity is disclosed; the entity operates as a regional charitable gGmbH under Catholic sponsorship with supervisory oversight by Bezirksregierung Detmold.

Name

St. Josef Hospital Bad Driburg

Legal name

Katholische Hospitalvereinigung Weser-Egge gGmbH

Website

https://kh-driburg.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

St. Josef Hospital Bad Driburg is one of four hospital sites within the Katholische Hospitalvereinigung Weser-Egge (KHWE) network, a Catholic non-profit operating the only major care hospital group in Germany's Kreis Höxter district, serving roughly 83,000 inpatients and outpatients annually across integrated hospital, nursing, and home care services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Acute Hospital Healthcare Services

NAICS

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110), Home Health Care Services (62161), Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (62311)

SIC

Services-General Medical & Surgical Hospitals, Nec (8062), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Community & Regional General Hospitals (HLAFAAAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Continuous Home Care (Crisis Hospice) (HSABAFAB), In-Home Hospice Nursing Visits (RN/LPN) (HSABAFAL), Medicare-Certified Skilled Nursing Visits (RN/LPN) (HSABACAA)

Keywords

• Acute hospital care
• Inpatient medical services
• Outpatient specialty care
• Elderly nursing services
• Medical rehabilitation therapy

Headquarters

HQ city

Bad Driburg

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Hospital Services (Inpatient & Outpatient Care): KHWE generates revenue through the provision of inpatient hospital services (approximately 33,000 stationary patients annually) and outpatient clinical services (approximately 50,000 ambulatory patients annually) across four hospital locations. Revenue is derived from the German statutory (GKV) and private health insurance (PKV) billing system, following the German Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) system for inpatient care and EBM (Einheitlicher Bewertungsmaßstab) for outpatient services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

St. Josef Hospital Bad Driburg is one of four hospital locations of the Klinikum Weser-Egge within the KHWE network, providing acute inpatient care, outpatient specialty consultations, emergency medicine, surgical procedures, maternity services, and integrated post-acute care. The broader KHWE network also operates five senior nursing homes, five Caritas ambulatory home care stations, two medical care centers (MVZ) with specialist practices, a therapy center, and a nursing education center, collectively serving approximately 33,000 inpatients and 50,000 outpatients annually in the Kreis Höxter region of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Product overview

St. Josef Hospital Bad Driburg is part of the Katholische Hospitalvereinigung Weser-Egge (KHWE) healthcare network. The organization operates a multi-facility hospital network (Klinikum Weser-Egge) with four hospital locations, five senior homes, five outpatient care services (Caritas Pflegestationen), two medical care centers (MVZ) with specialist practices, a therapy center, and an education center. The hospital provides comprehensive medical services including specialized centers for obesity, cardiology (Chest Pain Unit), oncology (intestinal and prostate cancer centers), orthopedics (endoprosthetics), stroke, trauma, and wound care. The network treats approximately 33,000 inpatients and 50,000 outpatients annually.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Klinikum Weser-Egge (Hospital Network)
• Specialized Medical Centers (Medizinische Zentren)
• Senior Homes (Seniorenhäuser)
• Caritas Pflegestationen (Ambulatory Care Services)
• MVZ Facharztpraxen (Medical Care Centers)
• Therapiezentrum (Therapy Center)
• Bildungszentrum Weser-Egge (Education Center)
• AI-supported Fusion Biopsy (KI-gestützte Fusionsbiospie)

Quantifiable outcome

• 33,000 inpatient admissions and 50,000 outpatient treatments per year across the four hospital locations
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Agentur für Arbeit Paderborn (German Federal Employment Agency, Paderborn)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024The German Federal Employment Agency in Paderborn collaborated with KHWE and other actors in the Hochstift region to recruit Indian nursing staff for employment in the local hospitals. The partnership involved the Bundesagentur für Arbeit coordinating international nursing recruitment, with 14 Indian nurses arriving in the region in March 2024 as part of this joint initiative.
• Universität Göttingen (University of Göttingen)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKHWE serves as an Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus (Academic Teaching Hospital) of the Universität Göttingen. Medical students completing their Praktisches Jahr (Practical Year / PJ) train at KHWE facilities, rotating through all four hospital locations and multiple medical specialties including anesthesiology, surgery, gynecology, internal medicine, neurology, and orthopedics.
• Doctolib GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationKHWE uses the Doctolib platform for online appointment booking by patients. Doctolib GmbH (based in Berlin) provides the software-as-a-service appointment scheduling system integrated into the KHWE website, enabling patients to book appointments digitally at KHWE facilities.
• rexx systems GmbHcoreTechnology or IntegrationKHWE uses the rexx systems GmbH (Hamburg) recruitment and applicant management platform to power its online job portal (jobs.khwe.de). The platform handles the entire application process including candidate data management, job posting distribution, and candidate communication for all KHWE career openings.
• kefb OstwestfalenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKHWE cooperates with kefb Ostwestfalen (educational institution for adult learning) in providing the Trauerfrühstück 'Morgenstrahl' grief support breakfast program. The collaboration involves certified grief counselors and hospice staff working together across the two organizations.
• AOK NordWestcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAOK NordWest, one of Germany's largest statutory health insurance funds, provides financing for the Familiale Pflege (family caregiving) support program and Pflegekurse (care courses) offered by KHWE to family caregivers of nursing care recipients. This covers the cost of caregiver training courses under § 45 b SGB XI.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• MediClin AG: German operator of ~50 clinics including acute care, rehabilitation and psychiatric hospitals with significant outpatient offerings; comparable in DRG reimbursement exposure and integrated care positioning.
• Sana Kliniken AG: Private German hospital group operating ~50 hospitals with broad specialty coverage and ambulatory services through MVZ structures; closest direct comparable in multi-site hospital operations and academic teaching affiliations.
• St. Franziskus-Stiftung Münster: Catholic hospital foundation operating a network of hospitals, senior homes and care services in North Rhine-Westphalia; one of the closest direct matches on Catholic non-profit structure, regional focus and integrated care model in the same German state.
• Elisabeth-Krankenhaus Stiftung (Kath. Marienkrankenhaus gGmbH Hamburg): Catholic non-profit hospital foundation with comparable gGmbH structure and academic teaching role; operates multi-site acute hospitals in a German urban/regional market analogously to KHWE.
• Schoen Klinik SE: German hospital operator focused on specialty/acute care with multiple sites and measurable quality differentiation; comparable operating model with multi-specialty hospitals and academic teaching role, though with stronger specialty focus.
• Marienhaus GmbH: Catholic non-profit hospital network in western Germany operating 17+ hospitals, nursing facilities and home care services — directly analogous in legal form (gemeinnützig), Catholic affiliation and integrated acute/elderly/home-care delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Asklepios Kliniken GmbH & Co. KGaA: One of Germany's three largest private hospital groups with ~160 facilities; operates regional hospital networks with integrated care offerings and competes for the same statutory reimbursement and nursing talent as KHWE.
• BG Kliniken (Klinikverbund der gesetzlichen Unfallversicherung): German network of 12 BG trauma and rehabilitation hospitals that compete for trauma and inpatient specialty cases; relevant adjacent operator with multi-site German hospital footprint and trauma center expertise comparable to KHWE's TraumaZentrum.
• Helios Kliniken GmbH: Germany's largest private hospital operator (part of Fresenius) running ~90 hospitals nationwide with similar multi-site, multi-specialty hospital services and statutory/DRG reimbursement model; a broad incumbent but operates at much larger scale and is for-profit.

Regional players

• Klinikum Lippe GmbH: Public-sector regional hospital network in the neighboring Kreis Lippe (NRW) operating two main sites; serves a directly adjacent geography with similar DRG-driven economics and rural-regional patient base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCi5Ckk0Kn2al65mM-UIc22A
• Facebookfacebook.com/KatholischeHospitalvereinigungWeserEgge
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/st.-josef-hospital-bad-driburg
• Instagraminstagram.com/khwe.de

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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