Italy Hospital Stretchers Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2015

• The report provides stretchers market information broken down into detailed segments in Italy.
• Total revenues, products sold, end users, and average pricing.
• Market shares of all the key competitors.
• Information on the top companies in the sector in the country covering business description and value chain analysis of the company.
• Product and brand updates, strategy changes, R&D projects, corporate expansions and contractions and regulatory changes.
• Key mergers and acquisitions, partnerships, private equity investments and IPOs.

• Gain a strong understanding of the stretchers market in Europe.
• Evaluate and compare the attractiveness of the market in Europe.
• Identify growth segments and opportunities in each industry sector within the country.
• Analyze the competitiveness of the market in the country and identify hotspots.
• Develop strategies based on the latest product, brand, expansion and research and development news in the country.
• Do deals with an understanding of how competitors are financed, and the mergers and partnerships that have shaped the market in the country.
• Identify and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the industry incumbents in the country.

1 Table Of Contents

1.1 List of Tables

1.2 List of Figures

2 Introduction

2.1 What Is This Report About?

3 Definitions of Markets Covered in the Report

3.1 Stretchers

3.1.1 Manual Stretcher

3.1.2 Motorized Stretcher:

4 Healthcare Sector Review

4.1 Healthcare Sector Review

4.2 Healthcare Expenditure

4.3 Healthcare Infrastructure

4.4 Healthcare Policy

5 Regulation System

5.1 Medical Equipment Approval Process

5.1.1 Classification of Medical Devices

5.1.2 Conformity Assessment Process

5.2 Classificazione Nazionale Dispositivi (CND) - New Medical Device Classification

5.3 Post Market Surveillance

6 Pricing and Reimbursement

6.1 Market Pricing

6.2 Government Policies for Reimbursement

7 Distribution Structure

8 Strechers in Italy

8.1 Stretchers Overall Revenue (2000-2015)

8.2 Stretchers Overall Company Share (2007)

8.3 Manual Stretchers Overall Revenue (2000-2015)

8.4 Manual Stretchers Overall Volume (2000-2015)

8.5 Manual Stretchers Average Price (2000-2015)

8.6 Motorized Stretchers Overall Revenue (2000-2015)

8.7 Motorized Stretchers Overall Volume (2000-2015)

8.8 Motorized Stretchers Average Price (2000-2015)

9 Overview of Key Companies in Hospital Stretchers Market in Italy

9.1 Spencer Italia s.r.l.

9.1.1 Company Overview

9.2 Fazzini Srl Company Profile

9.2.1 Company Overview

9.3 Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. Company Profile

9.3.1 Company Overview

9.4 Stryker Corporation Company Profile

9.4.1 Company Overview

9.4.2 Value Chain Analysis

10 APPENDIX

10.1 Global Markets Direct Research Methodology

10.2 Coverage

10.3 Secondary Research

10.4 Primary Research

10.5 Models

10.6 Forecasts

10.7 Expert Panels

10.8 Contact Us

10.9 Disclaimer

1.1 List of Tables

Table 1: Number of Doctors by Specialty in Italy, 2003-2007

Table 2: Number of Hospital Wards by Specialty in Italy, 2003-2007

Table 3: Stretchers, Italy, Overall Revenue ($ '000), 2000-2015

Table 4: Stretchers, Italy, Overall Revenue ($ '000), Historic, 2000-2008

Table 5: Stretchers, Italy, Overall Revenue ($ '000), Forecast, 2008-2015

Table 6: Stretchers, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), 2000-2015

Table 7: Stretchers, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), Historic, 2000-2008

Table 8: Stretchers, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), Forecast, 2008-2015

Table 9: Stretchers, Italy, Company Share by Revenue ($ '000), 2007

Table 10: Manual Stretchers, Italy, Revenue ($ '000) by Segment, Historic, 2000-2008

Table 11: Manual Stretchers, Italy, Revenue ($ '000) by Segment, Forecast, 2008-2015

Table 12: Manual Stretchers, Italy, Volume (Units) by Segment, Historic, 2000-2008

Table 13: Manual Stretchers, Italy, Volume (Units) by Segment, Forecast, 2008-2015

Table 14: Manual Stretchers, Italy, Average Price ($), Historic, 2000-2008

Table 15: Manual Stretchers, Italy, Average Price ($), Forecast, 2008-2015

Table 16: Motorized Stretchers, Italy, Revenue ($ '000), Historic, 2000-2008

Table 17: Motorized Stretchers, Italy, Revenue ($ '000), Forecast, 2008-2015

Table 18: Motorized Stretchers, Italy, Volume (Units), Historic, 2000-2008

Table 19: Motorized Stretchers, Italy, Volume (Units), Forecast, 2008-2015

Table 20: Motorized Stretchers, Italy, Average Price ($), Historic, 2000-2008

Table 21: Motorized Stretchers, Italy, Average Price ($), Forecast, 2008-2015

1.2 List of Figures

Figure 1: Transport Stretcher

Figure 2: Day Surgery Stretcher

Figure 3: Trauma Stretcher

Figure 4: OB / GYN Stretcher

Figure 5: Fluoroscopy Stretcher

Figure 6: Motorized Stretcher

Figure 7: Total Healthcare Expenditure in Italy, 2000 - 2006

Figure 8: Healthcare Financing Framework in Italy, 2007

Figure 9: Flowchart for Classification of Non-invasive Devices in Italy, 2007

Figure 10: Flowchart for Classification of Invasive Devices in Italy, 2007

Figure 11: Flowchart for Classification of Invasive Devices in Italy, 2007

Figure 12: Flowchart for Classification of Invasive Devices in Italy, 2007

Figure 13: Flowchart for Classification of Invasive Devices in Italy, 2007

Figure 14: Flowchart for Classification of Active Devices in Italy, 2007

Figure 15: Flowchart for Classification of Active Devices in Italy, 2007

Figure 16: Flowchart for Classification of Devices except Non-invasive, Invasive and Active Devices in Italy, 2007

Figure 17: Conformity Assessment of Class-I Medical Devices in Italy, 2007

Figure 18: Conformity Assessment of Class-IIa Medical Devices in Italy, 2007

Figure 19: Conformity Assessment of Class-IIb Medical Devices in Italy, 2007

Figure 20: Conformity Assessment of Class-III Medical Devices in Italy, 2007

Figure 21: Stretchers, Italy, Overall Revenue ($ '000), 2000-2015

Figure 22: Stretchers, Italy, Overall Revenue ($ '000), Historic, 2000-2008

Figure 23: Stretchers, Italy, Overall Revenue ($ '000), Forecast, 2008-2015

Figure 24: Stretchers, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), 2000-2015

Figure 25: Stretchers, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), Historic, 2000-2008

Figure 26: Stretchers, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), Forecast, 2008-2015

Figure 27: Stretchers, Italy, Company Share (%), 2007

Figure 28: Manual Stretchers, Italy, Revenue ($ '000) by Segment, Historic, 2000-2008

Figure 29: Manual Stretchers, Italy, Revenue ($ '000) by Segment, Forecast, 2008-2015

Figure 30: Manual Stretchers, Italy, Volume (Units) by Segment, Historic, 2000-2008

Figure 31: Manual Stretchers, Italy, Volume (Units) by Segment, Forecast, 2008-2015

Figure 32: Motorized Stretchers, Italy, Revenue ($ '000), Historic, 2000-2008

Figure 33: Motorized Stretchers, Italy, Revenue ($ '000), Forecast, 2008-2015

Figure 34: Motorized Stretchers, Italy, Volume (Units), Historic, 2000-2008

Figure 35: Motorized Stretchers, Italy, Volume (Units), Forecast, 2008-2015

Figure 36: Stryker Corporation Value Chain Analysis

Figure 37: Global Markets Direct Methodology