Worldwide Power Wheelchair, Scooter, and All Terrain Vehicle Market Opportunities, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2006 to 2012

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WORLDWIDE POWER WHEELCHAIR AND SCOOTER EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

• Worldwide Power Wheelchair And Scooter All Terrain And Regular Personal Vehicle Market Shifts
• Power Wheelchair, Scooter, and All Terrain Market Driving Forces
• Power Wheelchair, Scooter, and All Terrain Market Shares
• Power Wheelchair, Scooter, and All Terrain Market Forecasts
• Power Wheelchair Market Forecasts

1. POWER WHEELCHAIR, SCOOTER, AND PERSONAL VEHICLE MARKET DYNAMICS AND MARKET DESCRIPTION

• 1.1 Power Wheelchairs, Scooters, Power All Terrain Medical Vehicles, and Electric Wheel Chairs
  • 1.1.1 Range Of Rear, Center, And Front Wheel Drive Chairs
  • 1.1.2 Power Wheelchair Returns
• 1.2 Health Care Cost Containment Trends
  • 1.2.1 Home Health Care And Home Medical Equipment
  • 1.2.2 Changing Home Health Care Market Distribution Channels
  • 1.2.3 Mainstreaming Of People With Disabilities
  • 1.2.4 Recovery And Active Lifestyles Of Disabled Portion of the Population
• 1.3 Healthcare Equipment Industry
• 1.4 Reimbursement Drives Healthcare Equipment Industry
  • 1.4.1 Prospective Payment System (PPS)
  • 1.4.2 Market-Driven Reforms
  • 1.4.3 Home Medical Equipment Industry Segments
• 1.5 Marketing Globally
  • 1.5.1 U.S. Healthcare Delivery Industry
  • 1.5.2 Competition Forms Basis Of U.S. Medical Care Services Delivery
  • 1.5.3 European Homecare Market Trends
• 1.6 Hospital and Home Care Services Billing Issues
  • 1.6.1 Managed Care Requirements
• 1.7 Market Drivers For Healthcare Cost Containment
  • 1.7.1 Managed Care Organization Impact
  • 1.7.2 Reasons Home Health Care Has Gained Wide-Spread Acceptance
  • 1.7.3 Managed Care Change In The Healthcare Industry
  • 1.7.4 Homecare For People With Long Term Disabilities
  • 1.7.5 Health Care Cost Containment Trends
• 1.8 Wheel Chair Distribution Channels

2. POWER WHEELCHAIR, MEDICAL SCOOTER, AND PERSONAL VEHICLE MARKET SHARES AND MARKET FORECASTS

• 2.1 Power Wheelchair, Medical Scooter, and Personal Vehicle Market Driving Forces
  • 2.1.1 Baby Boomers That Need To Utilize Wheelchairs
  • 2.1.2 Lifestyle Demands
  • 2.1.3 Power Wheelchair Usage
  • 2.1.4 Race And Ethnicity
  • 2.1.5 Socioeconomic Status
  • 2.1.6 Employment
  • 2.1.7 Conditions Causing Disability
  • 2.1.8 Active Patients
  • 2.1.9 Customized and Lightweight Power Wheelchairs and Scooters Transform Market
  • 2.1.10 Power Wheelchair and Scooter Market Issues
  • 2.1.11 Wheelchair Insurance Reimbursement
• 2.2 Power Wheelchair and Scooter Market Shares
  • 2.2.1 Invacare Positioning
  • 2.2.2 Suzuki Motors Fuel Cell-Powered Wheelchair
  • 2.2.3 Sunrise Medical Positioning
• 2.3 Number of People in Wheelchairs
  • 2.3.1 Transportation Significant Barrier To Employment And Full Community Participation
  • 2.3.2 Public Transportation
  • 2.3.3 Medicare Wheelchair Spending
• 2.4 Wheelchair Segments
• 2.5 Power Wheelchair and Scooter Market Forecasts
  • 2.5.1 Power Wheelchair, Scooter, and All Terrain Market Forecasts
  • 2.5.2 Power Wheelchair Market Forecasts
  • 2.5.3 3 Wheel Scooter Market Forecasts
  • 2.5.4 4 Wheel Scooter Market Forecasts
  • 2.5.5 Wheelchair Market Forecasts
  • 2.5.6 All Terrain Power Wheelchair Market Driving Forces
  • 2.5.7 All Terrain Power Wheelchair Market Forecasts
  • 2.5.8 Power Wheelchairs
• 2.6 Wheelchair Prices
  • 2.6.1 Invacare Ultra Lightweight Frame Type:
  • 2.6.2 Zip' r Mobility Prices
  • 2.6.3 Sunrise Guardian Four Wheel Scooter Prices
  • 2.6.4 Guardian Prices
  • 2.6.5 Drive Medical Travel Power Wheelchair
• 2.7 Power Wheelchair and Scooter Regional Market Analysis

3. MEDICAL SCOOTER AND POWER WHEELCHAIR PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

• 3.1 Scooters and Power Wheelchairs
  • 3.1.1 Invacare Lynx L-3 Red 3-Wheel Micro-Portable Scooter
  • 3.1.2 Invacare At' m Power Wheelchair
  • 3.1.3 Invacare Pronto Electric Wheelchairs
• 3.2 Sunrise
  • 3.2.1 Sunrise Guardian Scooters
  • 3.2.2 Sunrise Wheelcare Breeze III
  • 3.2.3 Sunrise Guardian MicroLite Ruby Travel Power Wheelchair
• 3.3 Wheelcare
  • 3.3.1 The Wheelcare Sportster
  • 3.3.2 Wheelcare Porter
  • 3.3.3 Wheelcare Caddy
  • 3.3.4 Wheelcare Super Light 3
  • 3.3.5 Wheelcare Stand-N-Ride Too
  • 3.3.6 Wheelcare Wind
  • 3.3.7 Wheelcare Power Bike
• 3.4 Pride
  • 3.4.1 Pride Mobility Scooters
  • 3.4.2 Pride Go -Go Ultra X 3-Wheel Electric Scooter
  • 3.4.3 Pride Mobility Products Corp.
• 3.5 Suzuki Motors Fuel Cell-Powered Wheelchair
• 3.6 All Terrain Powered Wheelchair
  • 3.6.1 Innovation In Motion
• 3.7 AllWebScooters
• 3.8 Zip' r Mobility
• 3.9 Drive Medical
  • 3.9.1 Drive Medical Scooters
  • 3.9.2 Drive Medical Travel Power Wheelchair
• 3.10 Amigo
  • 3.10.1 Amigo FD
  • 3.10.2 Amigo Classic
  • 3.10.3 Amigo MC
  • 3.10.4 Amigo RD
  • 3.10.5 Amigo RT Express
  • 3.10.6 Amigo RT Express Junior
  • 3.10.7 Amigo EXT350
  • 3.10.8 Amigo Escort
• 3.11 Hoveround
  • 3.11.1 Hoveround Transporter LX
  • 3.11.2 Hoveround Transporter GL
  • 3.11.3 Hoveround ForerunnerTM
• 3.12 Golden Technologies
• 3.13 Pacesaver
• 3.14 Independence Technology ® iBOT
• 3.15 Merits Health Products
  • 3.15.1 Merits Power Pioneer
  • 3.15.2 Merits Power Pioneer 10 S347 Bariatric 4 Wheeled Outdoor Scooter
  • 3.15.3 Merits Power Pioneer 2DLX S246 Twin Front Wheel Compact Scooter
  • 3.15.4 Pioneer Cruiser Q
• 3.16 Shop Rider
• 3.17 Lifts and Ramps
• 3.18 Harmar Mobility
  • 3.18.1 Harmar Mobility

4. POWER WHEELCHAIR AND SCOOTER TECHNOLOGY

• 4.1 Ultralife Batteries
  • 4.1.1 Lithium Technology Corporation Technology Overview
• 4.2 Lithium Technology Corporation (LTC)
• 4.3 BYD
• 4.4 Cymbet™ Corporation
  • 4.4.1 Cymbet Application Specific Solid Energy Technology
• 4.5 Teledyne
  • 4.5.1 Teledyne Thin Film Battery Cycle life
• 4.6 Government Regulation
  • 4.6.1 Competitive Bidding
• 4.7 Technological Trends
  • 4.7.1 Thin Film Lithium And Lithium Ion Batteries
  • 4.7.2 Thin Film Battery Market Driving Forces
• 4.8 Thin Film Solid-State Battery Construction
• 4.9 Science And Medical Technology
  • 4.9.1 Physical Therapy
  • 4.9.2 Treatment Trends
• 4.10 Wheel Chair Technological Trends
  • 4.10.1 Power Wheelchairs
  • 4.10.2 Sport Wheelchairs
  • 4.10.3 Lightweight Wheelchairs
  • 4.10.4 Transport Wheelchairs (Folding)
• 4.11 Medical Equipment Government Regulation
  • 4.11.1 U.S. Medical Equipment Government Regulation
  • 4.11.2 Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990 and Medical Device Amendments of 1976
  • 4.11.3 Companies Gain Market Credibility For Adhering To High Standards Of Quality And Safety
  • 4.11.4 U.S. Legislation Related To Providing Prescription Drug Coverage For The Elderly -- November 2003

5. PERSONAL VEHICLE WHEELCHAIR AND SCOOTER COMPANY PROFILES

• 5.1 Wheelchair Companies
• 5.2 Amigo Mobility
• 5.3 Convaid
• 5.4 Convaquip
• 5.5 Drive Medical
• 5.6 Eagle Sportschairs
• 5.7 Gendron Inc.
• 5.8 Glide Rehabilitation Products
• 5.9 Graham-Field
  • 5.9.1 Everest & Jennings
  • 5.9.2 Graham-Field Launches Everest Power Wheelchair Line
  • 5.9.3 Graham Field Health Products Third Quarter Revenues
  • 5.9.4 CEO of Graham-Field Health Products
• 5.10 Gunnell
• 5.11 Hoveround
  • 5.11.1 Products
• 5.12 Vestil Manufacturing / Innovation In Motion
• 5.13 Invacare
  • 5.13.1 Invacare Manufacturing And Suppliers
  • 5.13.2 Invacare North America
  • 5.13.3 Invacare Asia/Pacific
  • 5.13.4 Invacare Europe
  • 5.13.5 Invacare Acquisitions
  • 5.13.6 Invacare Strategy
  • 5.13.7 Invacare Products
  • 5.13.8 Financial Data
  • 5.13.9 Invacare Intersegment Revenues
• 5.14 Magic Mobility
• 5.15 Melrose Kiwi Concept Chairs
• 5.16 Merits
• 5.17 Product Design Group
• 5.18 Permobil
• 5.19 Piaggio
• 5.20 Pride Mobility
• 5.21 RGK
• 5.22 Shoprider Mobility Products
• 5.23 Soleus Mobility
• 5.24 Sunrise Medical
  • 5.24.1 Products
  • 5.24.2 Sunrise Acquires Adaptive Equipment Systems, RehabiliTech and Whitmyer Biomechanix.
• 5.25 Yamaha Motor
• 5.26 Wheelcare Power Mobilizers

6. DME PROVIDERS POWER WHEELCHAIR, SCOOTER, AND PERSONAL VEHICLE MARKET DISTRIBUTION AND MARKET PARTICIPATION

• 6.1 Power Wheelchairs, Scooters, Power All Terrain Medical Vehicles, and Electric Wheel Chairs
  • 6.1.1 DME / Wheelchair Companies
• 6.2 Invacare
• 6.3 Permobil
• 6.4 Invacare Marketing and Distribution
  • 6.4.1 North America and Asia/Pacific
  • 6.4.2 Europe
• 6.5 Sunrise Medical
• 6.6 List of Wheelchair and Scooter Personal Vehicle Distributors
  • 221 pages of distributor information