Growing market demand For rehabilitation equipment ushers in a period of development opportunities

What will be the hottest product in the medical device industry in the future? Many people predict that it is not medical imaging equipment, nor orthopaedic implants, vascular stents and other high-value consumables, but rehabilitation medical equipment, which stems from the overall market demand for rehabilitation aids and national support policies continue to increase.
" under the guidance of national policy, China's rehabilitation medical device industry prospects like the sea of stars, but a good commercialization model is the key to the healthy development of the rehabilitation industry. "Recently, at the 2018 China Rehabilitation Medical Device Industry Trends Summit Forum hosted by the China Medical Device Industry Association, Zhao Lu, Investment Director of Shenzhen Joint Venture Capital Management Co., Ltd., shared this view with the industry.Market Cake Attractive
" By the end of 2017, there were 240 million people over 60 years of age in China, more than one-third of whom had rehabilitation needs; In a speech at the forum, Yubo Yubo, director of the National Rehabilitation Auxiliary Research Center, introduced the above data, "At present, China has become the country with the largest demand for rehabilitation aids and the greatest market potential." According
ministry of civil affairs statistics, the size of the national rehabilitation aids industry in 2015 is about 430 billion yuan, it is expected that by 2020, the scale of rehabilitation aids industry will exceed 700 billion yuan. As an important category of rehabilitation aids, the scale of rehabilitation medical device industry will also rise. According to the data released by Zhi Research Consulting, the industrial scale of rehabilitation medical devices in China in 2015 was about 45.3 billion yuan, accounting for 13.7% of the rehabilitation aids market. According to this calculation, by 2020, the industrial scale of rehabilitation medical devices is nearly 100 billion yuan.
in order to promote the healthy development of China's rehabilitation aids industry, in October 2016, the State Council issued "Several Opinions on Accelerating the Development of the Rehabilitation Assistive Devices Industry" (hereinafter referred to as "Opinions"). It is reported that this is the first time since the founding of New China in the name of the State Council for rehabilitation aids industry top-level design and layout.
In order to carry out the spirit of the Opinions, in September 2017, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, in cooperation with five other departments and units, issued the Notice on the Implementation of the National Rehabilitation Assistive Devices Industry Comprehensive Innovation Pilot, and decided to carry out the National Rehabilitation Assistive Devices Industry Comprehensive Innovation Pilot in 12 regions of the country to explore the deep integration of rehabilitation aids in the fields of old-age care, disability assistance, medical care and health. At the same time, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other 24 national ministries and departments jointly issued "on the issuance of support for the national rehabilitation aids industry comprehensive innovation pilot work policy measures list notice", from the discipline of professional construction, capital market support, financial support, approval, insurance directory and other multi-faceted industry development support. At present, many provinces in the country have introduced support measures in the region.Who pays for products
Although the market for rehabilitation medical devices has arrived, but because its service is mostly incapaitable and economic capacity to pay for the limited incapaitable, mentally handy people, who will pay for products become a key factor affecting the market prospects.
, according to Yubo, in Japan, the cost of using rehabilitation aids for persons with disabilities is 95% of the government subsidy;
article 11 of the Opinion provides that conditional local studies are encouraged to gradually include basic therapeutic rehabilitation aids in the payment of basic medical insurance. We will improve the payment system for work-related injury insurance for rehabilitation aids and reasonably determine the scope of payment. Support commercial insurance companies to innovate product design and include rehabilitation aids in insurance payments. Financial institutions are encouraged to innovate consumer credit products and support the consumption of rehabilitation aids. Conditional places may subsidize the allocation of basic rehabilitation aids for the urban and rural poor and severely disabled.
"We cannot copy the Japanese model, and as Japanese society ages, how far the Japanese model can go in the future is fraught with variables," he said. In addition, although Our country is gradually expanding the scope of rehabilitation medical insurance to solve the problem of payment, but after all, it is a basic need for rehabilitation. Zhao warned that if the rehabilitation market mainly depends on policy support and funding, it is not conducive to promoting enterprises to provide high-quality services. At the same time, with the arrival of an aging society, the government's financial burden will become more and more heavy, fearing long-term sustainability.
" in terms of costs, can only rely in part on the Government, but not all on the Government. The rapid development of the rehabilitation medical device market ultimately depends on the commercialization of the operation. Zhao said.board can not be ignored
in addition to clear market positioning, talent and services are also important weights to determine the development of the rehabilitation medical device industry.
, according to Yubo, the ratio of rehabilitation technicians to the basic population in developed countries is 5:100,000, compared with 0.5:100,000 in China. In terms of educational resources, for example, there are 12 prosthetic schools in Japan, 15 in the United States (up to the graduate level), 1 in each state in Germany, 3 undergraduate colleges and 3 specialties in China. In terms of research and development, many first-class universities in developed countries such as the United States and Japan have set up rehabilitation engineering-related majors to train doctoral-level talents, while only a few universities in China have set up rehabilitation directions in biomedical engineering majors.
reporters in the interview learned that due to the lack of rehabilitation technicians, leading to rehabilitation medical devices follow-up such as product operation and operation, the use of tracking guidance and other services difficult to achieve.
" a lot of complex functions of rehabilitation medical devices, in the sales phase needs the guidance of rehabilitation technicians, no supporting talent and services, no good products can achieve sales cash. Zhao stressed. (China Medical Journal)