Study Finds 6-7% Growth Rate for Dialysis Market

The worldwide market for dialysis products and services, estimated at around U.S.$50 billion, has emerged from the global economic turndown with a 6-7% growth rate, according to a new study from Kalorama Information (New York, NY, USA).

The study showed that the 6-7% growth rate applied to both product and service providers. Also, the study showed that there may be opportunities for the market to grow faster in certain geographic areas. Opportunities in such specific markets as China, India, and Chile are identified and quantified. The study details for 14 countries the epidemiology of end-stage renal disease, the number of dialysis patients, and their modality and access preferences. In addition, the study estimates the markets through 2009 for hemodialysis machines, home-use hemodialysis machines, blood lines, dialyzers, and other products and services. Clinical and business trends are also discussed.

"The stability of the dialysis market has always been attributable to its small, but highly valuable customer base of 1.3 million patients, each of whom represents nearly $40,000 per year to product and service providers,” notes Steven Heffner, acquisitions editor for Kalorama. "Therefore, the challenge for the industry is to find more patients in emerging markets and to empower those health systems to manage them appropriately.”




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