Health Care Equipment & Supplies in Belgium industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Health Care Equipment & Supplies industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.

Scope

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and/or segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry’s recent performance and future prospects

* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

* The leading companies are profiled with supporting key financial metrics

* Supported by the key macroeconomic and demographic data affecting the market

Highlights

* Detailed information is included on market size, measured by value and/or volume

* Five forces scorecards provide an accessible yet in depth view of the market’s competitive landscape

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Market Definition

The health care equipment & supplies market profile analyzes manufacturers of health care equipment and supplies. Market value refers to the revenues generated through the sale of healthcare equipment and supplies.

The market profile covers disposable equipment and supplies such as syringes, catheters, electrodes, sutures, bandages, implantable prostheses and orthotics and prosthetics; otologic & technical aids such as hearing aids and wheelchairs; ophthalmic equipment such as eye glasses, contact lenses and ophthalmoscopes; in vitro diagnostics such as devices for clinical chemistry, microbiology, immunology and genetic tests; and other equipment such as imaging equipment and films and equipment for radiotherapy, dialysis, endoscopy, anaesthetics, etc.

The market is valued at manufacturer's selling price with any currency conversions calculated using constant 2008 annual average exchange rates.

Europe comprises Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, the Ukraine and the United Kingdom.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
CHAPTER 1 Market Overview 7
1.1 Market Definition 7
1.2 Research Highlights 7
1.3 Market Analysis 8
CHAPTER 2 Market Value 9
CHAPTER 3 Market Segmentation I 10
CHAPTER 4 Market Segmentation II 11
CHAPTER 5 Five Forces Analysis 12
5.1 Summary 12
5.2 Buyer Power 14
5.3 Supplier Power 16
5.4 New Entrants 17
5.5 Substitutes 19
5.6 Rivalry 20
CHAPTER 6 Leading Companies 22
6.1 GE Healthcare 22
6.2 Siemens Healthcare 24
6.3 Stryker Corporation 26
CHAPTER 7 Market Forecasts 29
7.1 Market Value Forecast 29
CHAPTER 8 Macroeconomic Indicators 30
CHAPTER 9 Appendix 32
9.1 Methodology 32
9.2 Industry Associations 33
9.3 Related Datamonitor Research 33

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: Belgium Health Care Equipment & Supplies Market Value: $ million, 2004-2008 9
Table 2: Belgium Health Care Equipment & Supplies Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2008 10
Table 3: Belgium Health Care Equipment & Supplies Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2008 11
Table 4: Key Facts: GE Healthcare 22
Table 5: Key Facts: Siemens Healthcare 24
Table 6: Key Facts: Stryker Corporation 26
Table 7: Key Financials: Stryker Corporation 28
Table 8: Belgium Health Care Equipment & Supplies Market Value Forecast: $ million, 2008-2013 29
Table 9: Belgium Size of Population (million) , 2004-2008 30
Table 10: Belgium GDP (Constant 2000 Prices, $ billion), 2004-2008 30
Table 11: Belgium Inflation, 2004-2008 30
Table 12: Belgium Exchange Rate, 2004-2008 31