Patient Handling Equipment Market Trends

Patient Handling Equipment Market Trends

The increasing disabled population across the globe drives the adoption of patient handling equipment. According to the WHO, in 2019, around 15% of the world’s population lives with a certain form of disability, and amongst them 2% to 4% experience difficulties in functioning. The number of disabled people is escalating due to rapid spread of chronic diseases. Disabled people need patient handling equipment to carry out their daily activities smoothly. The rising cases of disability will significantly propel patient handling equipment market growth over the analysis period.
 

Furthermore, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, there is a drastic rise in the demand for medical beds across the globe. The increasing corona cases across the globe are forcing governments of developed and emerging countries to increase their patient handling capacities. The public health systems are providing funds to procure the required hospital infrastructure with medical beds that are one of the important requirements. The upsurge in fundraising for associated with patient handling equipment are some other major factors that will positively impact on the market growth.
 

However, insufficient training to caregivers for accessing patient handling equipment and problems in manual handling of bariatric patients are some of the factors that may hinder the market growth.