Home Medical Equipment: Technologies and Global Markets

Report Highlights

• The global market for home medical equipment (HME) was worth about $16.8 billion in 2009.  BCC expects the HME market to grow to $17.7 billion in 2010 and $23.8 billion by 2015, a CAGR of 6.1% over the next 5 years.
  
• The market for therapeutic HME as a group is the fastest growing segment; their share of the total global HME market is expected to increase from about 23% to 28% by 2015. Therapeutic HME was valued at $3.9 billion in 2009 and $4.3 billion in 2010 and will be worth an estimated $6.7 billion by 2015, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.3%.
  
• Monitors, sensors, and telemetry devices account for the largest share of the HME market, mainly because of the very large market for home blood glucose testers. This segment was worth $7.7 billion in 2009 and $8 billion in 2010. By 2015, this sector will be worth an estimated $11.3 billion, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7%.

INTRODUCTION

• Identify and segment the main types of HME that have been commercialized to date
• Analyze the historical and current value of shipments of each of these product segments in specified applications, end-user and geographical markets
• Identify and evaluate the impact of demographic, technological, regulatory and other factors that will drive future demand in each of these segments
• Forecast the value of future shipments in each segment
• Identify promising new technologies and products still in the development and testing stage that are likely to be commercialized successfully in the next 5 years
• Identify leading HME vendors.

• Manufacturers and distributors of HME
• Regulators and health insurers
• Investors
• The financial and analyst community.

• Can withstand repeated use
• Is primarily and customarily used to serve a medical purpose
• Generally is not useful to a person in the absence of an illness or injury
• Is not implanted inside the patient’s body
• Is appropriate for use in the home
• Does not require a trained medical professional to operate
• Usually requires a doctor’s prescription to buy (e.g., excludes most canes, walkers and other elderly and disabled assistive devices)
• Generally does not include drugs and other consumables. 

• United States
• Canada
• China
• France
• Germany
• India
• Italy
• Japan
• UK
• Other G-20 nations. 

• Major product types and applications, both commercial and developmental
• Market size and segmentation, including historical data on sales by product type, and geographical market
• Market drivers and constraints
• Detailed market projections through 2015
• Patent analysis
• Competitor profiles. 

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