Table of Content
1 INTRODUCTION 4
2 THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM 5
- 2.1 Health Funding 6
- 2.2 Healthcare Delivery 7
- 2.3 Cost Containment 7
- 2.4 Hospital Financing 9
- 2.5 Hospital Structure 11
- 2.6 Reimbursement Situation 12
- 2.7 Respondent Population 14
3 THE CURRENT SITUATION FOR POINT OF CARE TESTING 16
- 3.1 Definition 16
- 3.2 Use of POC tests in A&E departments 16
- 3.3 Departments using POC tests 18
- 3.4 Reasons to run POC tests 18
- 3.5 Obstacles Associated with POC Tests 20
- 3.6 Criteria that a POC test should fulfil 20
- 3.7 Quality Control of POC Tests 22
4 MARKET TRENDS 23
- 4.1 Driver and restraints 23
- 4.2 Purchasing decision criteria 26
- 4.3 Where to Learn About New Products 27
- 4.4 Preferences for Quantitative Results 28
5 HEALTHCARE IT 29
- 5.1 Storage of Point of Care Test Results
- & Need for Hospital Software 29
- 5.2 Rent Software through ASP modalities vs.
- Purchase Software Licences 31
- 5.3 Data Management Software for POC 32
6 END USER PERCEPTION 33
- 6.1 Glucose 33
- 6.2 Urea 35
- 6.3 Hemoglobin 35
- 6.4 Blood gas 36
- 6.5 Other Tests 36
7 FUTURE TRENDS 38
- 7.1 Expected Changes in POCT Numbers 38
- 7.2 Additional Tests 39
- 7.3 Use of Small Bench Top Analyzer 39
- 7.4 Knowledge about new POCT 40
- 7.5 Product Perceptance 42
- 7.6 Political changes 43
KEY FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS 45
8 MARKET SIZE 47
- 8.1 Market Volume for Selected POC Tests 47
- 8.2 Market Value POC Tests 48
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