The next 10 years a huge potential demand for medical equipment
Date:2013-05-03 13:53 Source:Shenzhen Economic Daily
Shenzhen Economic Daily News 175,000 medical and health institutions with medical instruments and equipment, about 15% of the products before and after the 1970s, 60% of the previous products in the mid-1980s. This also indicates that they need to replace old ones, and in the process, will ensure the next 10 years or even longer period of time the rapid growth of the medical device market in China.
Behavior analysis, the new health care reform illness health insurance and reform of public hospitals, reform of public hospitals makes medical equipment demand is bound to increase, while behind the rapid growth of an aging population, hold the pension industry market space for up to one trillion yuan, while the aging maximum demand is not a car or other consumer goods, but the quality of health care, medical equipment and consumer market is bound to further expand.
New medical reform the final analysis, in fact, is to solve people medical treatment is difficult and expensive medical problems, Therefore, in addition to strengthen and expand urban and rural health care coverage, increase the amount of serious illness insurance reimbursement, further to the urban and rural areas to promote front-line hospital management and treatment of the concept of high-end medical equipment potential in the pipeline. The new health care reform has made it clear that the state will increase the public health system, urban communities, rural primary health care and public health. In the next few years, the second and third tier of the county, township primary health care institutions will be the top priority of the Chinese medical device market, including the Midwest and other economically backward region is also the focus of future development. According to rumors, led by the Ministry of Industry, Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Science and Technology and other major ministries are working together to study and formulate policies and measures to speed up the medical equipment industry development industry and special technological transformation. Which clearly put forward the industrialization of new products and the application of new technologies to promote the field of medical devices, focusing on objects including master the core components and key technologies of medical equipment.
In addition, the global population is aging faster. Developed countries, the United States, Japan, Western Europe has entered the aging society. "Baby boom" generation continue to reach retirement age, the proportion of the aging population will reach 19%; 23% of Japan's aging population, and the aging of the population is being accelerated. 65 years of age or older accounted for 21% of the German population, by 2060, this proportion will reach about 34%. China in 2015 will be the turning point of the aging of the population. Major countries in the world will enter a period of aging of the population, the dominant needs of the community will not be high-end cars, but the leisurely life experiences and quality medical services.Medicine and medical standards far failed to meet people's needs, consumer groups in urgent need of high-end medical equipment and health care experience.For the Chinese, at this stage, a comprehensive well-off society stage, people's material living standards rising, in addition to the ever-increasing demand for cultural consumption, the health and longevity of the health level of demand is also rising.Accompanied by step-by-step implementation of the new health care reform, the basic medical insurance coverage continues to expand and further build a strong network of health service system, on this basis, it is for health, longevity put forward higher requirements, ushered in the rapid development of high-end medical equipment excellent opportunity period.
The experience of the past few years, whether it is real estate, automotive industry, the industry keen sense of smell, foreign investment can always ahead of the layout.This time, in addition to Medtronic acquired two medical device companies, GE, Karl Storz, Covidien and other foreign medical device companies, will also be planned so deep into the Chinese market through the acquisition of sales channels, and actively promote R & D in the area or additional projects to improve its strength in China in the field of high-end equipment at the same time is not rigidly adhere to, will also reach the probe to primary medical device market in China, or even to determine the low-end products for the target market. From the perspective of foreign investment, but also confirms the prospect of medical devices can be expected.
