19-Feb-2023 | Market Research Store
Home healthcare can be referred as home medical care or formal care. Home health care usually involves helping someone to recover from an illness or injury and live independently for as long as possible. Home health care includes occupational and physical therapy and skilled nursing. It can also involve helping older adults with activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, and eating. Further, it involves assistance with cooking, cleaning, other housekeeping, and monitoring one’s medication schedule. Entirely the aim of home healthcare is to treat an illness or injury.
Growing global geriatric population, increasing the incidence of chronic disease, favorable government initiatives, and growing demand for affordable health care delivery systems are the key factors fueling demand of home health care services. In addition, growing healthcare costs and increasing health awareness among people, is expected to trigger the growth of this industry in the years to come. Favorable reimbursement policies coupled with the presence of a large number of small scale and large scale healthcare service has provided the strong boost to the home healthcare market in North America. However, varying reimbursement policies, limited coverage, and patient safety concerns are some of the factors which curtail the growth of this market.
The home healthcare market is segmented on the basis of different products into diagnostics and monitoring devices, therapeutics devices, medical supplies and home mobility assists devices. In 2015, a diagnostic and monitoring device was the largest segment in the home healthcare market and accounted for around 36.46% share of the total market. This segment is expected to continue its dominance in the global market throughout the forecast period. Medical supply was another key outlet for this market in 2015. It is expected to grow at a moderate rate in the forecast period. The therapeutic device is also one of the lucrative product segments in 2015.
Services segments of home healthcare market include rehabilitation services, telehealth and telemedicine services, infusion therapy services, respiratory therapy services and unskilled home healthcare services. Rehabilitation service was leading segment in the home healthcare market and accounted for 30.13% market share of a total market in 2015. Telehealth and telemedicine and respiratory therapy services sector are also expected to show strong growth in the coming years.
North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Middle East & Africa are key regional markets for the home healthcare market. Demand for home healthcare was highest in North America. In terms of revenue, Europe acquired the second largest share of the market globally in 2015. Asia Pacific expected to be the fastest growing region due to emerging healthcare sector and growing population.