Market Insights

In the market for patient handling equipment in Europe, the increase in diseases in ways of life and the growing elderly population is the main driver. Health departments expand the use of patient care tools in order to avoid injuries sometimes caused by physical diagnosis. Tasks in the treatment of patients include shifting, lifting and repositioning (turning of patients into bed, baths on the bed, patient dressing, etc.). Operating boards, armboard boards, wheelchairs, hospital frames, and scooters. poles and attachments. The transporting people from one place to another who need emergency attention, swings, wheelchairs and scooters are used. Patients should change location for relaxation and provide a supportive space for sleep in medical beds.

The growing demand and penetration of patient handling equipment in developing markets would provide the global patient handling equipment industry with tremendous growth opportunities. While the global demand for patient handling equipment is rising considerably in developing markets, the demand in various countries remains significantly unexplored. The big producers of patient handling equipment enter the unexploited demand in the regions with fast economic growth and rising policy measures in Asia. There is immense business demand for countries such as China and India. In these countries, the healthcare industry is undergoing tremendous expansion. Medical equipment suppliers will build their manufacturing facilities in these countries on the large customer base and enhanced health infrastructure. Moreover, in the developed countries, the manufacture of medical devices products continues to reduce total production costs and thus lower product prices without changing price. Governments are moving towards universal healthcare coverage in different countries. There are, therefore, ample prospects for growth on the global market of patient handling tools in these countries to improve their health care access.

The largest regional patient handling equipment market share in the world is in North America. Over the projected era, the rising obesity prevalence rate is expected to fuel market demand. In the US, for instance, the prevalence of obesity in 2018-19 was roughly 42.2% (about 39.8% in 2015-16) according to the Centers for the Control and Prevention of Diseases (CDC). Thanks to heavy research and development spending, Europe has held the second largest position in the market for patient handling devices. In 2018, for instance, nearly 40% of all medical technology patent applications from Europe were filed under MedTech Europe. Thanks to a increasing life expectancy, the increasingly rising global demand for medical supplies. In the area of South Asia, the World Bank records 69.1 and 69.4 years of life at birth in 2017 and 2018. In fact, rising healthcare investment fuels business demand. For reference, in 2018, according to the World Bank, Japan, China and India's health spending amounted to approx. 10.94%, 5.15% and 3.53%. These higher costs assisted by life expectancy rates will raise competition for health care facilities over the next few years. Thanks to the high levels of obesity, this area is projected to expand steadily. For starters, about 28.3% of adults and 81.3% of women in the South African region suffered from obesity according to the World Health Organisation in 2018. In the region, however, poor health infrastructure in the projected period is expected to hamper business development.

Key Players

Major players included in this report are Stryker Corporation, Hill-Rom Holdings Inc., Invacare Corporation, Guldmann Inc., Prism Medical, Getinge Group, Linet Spol. S.R.O., Stiegelmeyer & Co. GmBH, Joerns Healthcare, and others. The growing number of mergers and procurements, the rising number of alliances and agreements, and the accelerated introduction of goods are some of the new developments in the European industry for patient handling devices.

The global patient handling equipment market is segmented as below:

Market Segmentation

Patient Handling Equipment Market By Product

Wheelchair

Scooter

Beds

Bathroom Safety

Mechanical

Ambulatory

Patient Handling Equipment Market By Type of Care

Bariatric

Fall

Critical

Wound

Accessory

Lifting

Transfer

Patient Handling Equipment Market By End User

Homecare

Hospitals

Elderly Care Homes

Others

Patient Handling Equipment Market By Geography

North America

• U.S
• Canada

Europe

• UK
• Germany
• France
• Spain
• Rest of Europe

Asia-Pacific

• China
• Japan
• India
• Australia
• South Korea
• Rest of Asia-Pacific

Latin America

• Brazil
• Mexico
• Rest of Latin America

Middle East & Africa

• GCC
• South Africa
• Rest of Middle East & Africa