A greater volume of patient care activity, a growing incidence of diseases and disorders, and
stricter infection prevention safeguards will benefit demand for disposable medical supplies.
US demand to reach
$46.7 billion in 2016
US demand for disposable medical
supplies is forecast to increase 4.3
percent annually to $46.7 billion in 2016.
Growth will be promoted by an expanding
volume of patient care activity
spurred by aging demographic patterns,
a rising incidence of diseases and
disorders, and the extension of health
insurance coverage by the Affordable
Care Act of 2010 (if left unmodified and
phased in according to schedule).
Demand for disposable medical supplies
will also build upward momentum as
hospitals, outpatient facilities and other
health care establishments adopt stricter
infection prevention safeguards to meet
standards recommended by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) and the Joint Commission on the
Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
(JCAHO). Health care cost containment
pressures will remain the major
moderating influence on growth in the
US disposable medical supplies market.
Drug delivery devices to
remain largest, fastest
growing
Drug delivery devices will remain the
largest and fastest growing group of disposable
medical supplies, with demand
reaching $12.2 billion in 2016. Growth
will reflect an expanding number of
chronic care patients who require surgery
or continuous therapy. This trend,
coupled with the introduction of new
higher value-added, safety enhanced
products, will boost demand for several
single use products, including prefillable
syringes and inhalers, intravenous
catheters, oxygen therapy disposables,
hemodialysis bloodlines and peritoneal
dialysis kits.
Tissue sealants lead wound
management supplies gains
US demand for wound management
supplies will reach $10.1 billion in 2016.
Tissue sealants composed of polymers
and bioengineered substances, along
with alginate, foam, collagen and growth
factor wound dressings, will exhibit the
fastest gains based on safe and effective
healing properties. Conversely, demand
for bandages will expand at a below
average pace due to limited pricing flexibility
and the overall lack of proprietary
types. First aid kits will fare the best
among products in this group, building
momentum from trends promoting selftreatment.
Class IV surgical drapes and gowns will
net the best sales gains among nonwoven
medical textiles as infection
prevention safeguards are upgraded by
hospitals and ambulatory surgery
centers. Disposable face masks will also
fare well in the marketplace, benefiting
from routine use by medical providers in
direct contact patient procedures. New
enhanced absorbent, odor neutralized
undergarments and shields will see the
fastest gains in demand among incontinence
products based on comfort and
protection advantages.
Study Scope
This study analyzes the $37.8 billion US disposable medical supplies industry. It presents historical demand data for the years 2001, 2006 and 2011, and forecasts for 2016 and 2021 by product (e.g., drug delivery devices, wound management supplies, nonwoven medical disposables, diagnostic and laboratory disposables, infection prevention supplies, surgical disposables), market (e.g., hospital, home health care, outpatient, physicians’ office, nursing home, dental office) and raw material (e.g., plastic resins, nonwoven fabrics, paper and paperboard, rubber).
The study also considers market environment factors, details industry structure, evaluates company market shares and profiles 25 industry players, including Johnson & Johnson, Covidien and Becton Dickinson.
