Medical Disposables MarketSize and Trends

The rising demand in the preventive measures for hospital acquired infections and diseases driving the medical disposables market

Increase in incidence of hospital acquired infections and diseases and the increased focus on prevention from this infections is propelling the growth of medical disposables market. For instance, the data given by World Health Organization (WHO) shows that the prevalence of healthcare associated infection in 2010, in developed countries was 3.5% to 12% and it varies between 5.7% and 19.1% for low and middle income countries. Rising geriatric population, increase in incidence of incontinence problems, some mandatory guidelines that need be followed for safety of patients, and increasing demand for sophisticated healthcare facilities are some of the important factors that are driving the medical disposables market. Introduction of new value added, high quality safety products are the emerging trends in the medical disposables market. However, the mixed impact on the medical disposables market can be exerted due to the factors such as health insurance concerns have raise patient copayments and restricted coverage for various medical services and by discouraging people from making unnecessary visits to the hospitals. Healthcare cost containment pressure and presence of substitute products are among the factors that might hinder the growth of medical disposables market.

Drug delivery disposables segment dominates in the medical disposables market due to the application of drug delivery products for sustained release drug therapies

The global medical disposables market is segmented by materials, by product type, by end user, and by region

On the basis of materials medical disposable market is segmented into