Opportunities for Point of Care testing in several European Countries

1. Introduction
1.1 Project Objectives
1.2 Geographic Scope
1.3 Methodology
1.4 Respondent Population
1.5 Definitions
Point of Care Tests
Glucose
Haemoglobin
Arterial blood gas & Electrolytes
Acid Base
Haemostasis
Homeostasis
Rapid Cardiac Tests
Drugs of Abuse

2. Provision of Health Care in the Countries under Review
2.1. Switzerland
Primary Health Care
Secondary Health Care
2.2 Austria
Primary Health Care
Secondary Health Care
2.3 Italy
Primary Health Care
Secondary Health Care
2.4 Germany
Primary Health Care
Secondary Health Care
2.5 Benelux
Primary Health Care
Secondary Health Care
2.6 France
Primary Health Care
Secondary Health Care
Section 1: Point of Care Testing Amongst End Users

3 The Use of Point of Care Tests
3.1 Use of POC tests amongst General Practitioners
Switzerland
Italy
Austria
Germany
Benelux
France
3.2 Use of POC tests in Hospitals
Switzerland
Italy
Austria
Germany
Benelux
France
Summary
3.3 Reasons to run Point of Care Tests
Switzerland
Italy
Austria
Germany
Benelux
France
Conclusion
3.4 Future Change in Point of Care Test Usage by End User Prediction
Switzerland
Italy
Austria
Germany
Benelux
France
Conclusion

4. Centralization of Health Care Services
Switzerland
Italy
Austria
Germany
Benelux
France
Conclusion: Centralisation of Healthcare Systems

5. Storage of Point of Care Test Results & Need for Hospital Software
Switzerland
Italy
Austria
Germany
Benelux
France
Conclusions: Healthcare IT

6. End User Perception of POC Tests
6.1 Glucose
6.2 Haemoglobin
6.3 Arterial blood gas
6.4 Electrolytes
6.5 Haemostasis
6.6 Homeostasis
6.7 Rapid Cardiac Tests
6.8 Other Tests Used
6.9 Products in Development
6.10 Desired Products, Characteristics & Improvements
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
Germany
Benelux
France

7. Key Findings and Conclusions: End Users
Section II: Manufacturers

8. Market Participants
8.1 Company Market Shares—by Product Type
Glucose POCT
ABG/Electrolytes
Haemostasis POCT
Homeostasis POCT
Rapid Cardiac POCT
POCT IT Connectivity
8.2 Company Profiles
Abbott Laboratories
Bayer
Axis-Shield plc
Beckman Coulter
Dade Behring
Instrumentation Laboratory
A. Menarini Diagnostics
Radiometer
Roche
Others

9. Market Sizes for the Point of Care Test Market
9.1 The Market Size by Country
Country totals in €
Switzerland
Italy
Austria
Germany
Benelux
France
9.2 Market Size by POC Test
Glucose
Glucose Patient Self Tests
Urine test strips
Haemoglobin
Arterial blood gas (ABG)
Electrolytes
Acid-base
Haemostasis
Homeostasis
Rapid Cardiac Tests
Drugs of Abuse Testing
Infectious Diseases
Multiple, or Panel, Tests
A Sample of New Products & Technologies
Connectivity Products
The E-Health Trend & Its Impact on IVD
IT Connectivity in the US
9.3 The European Union’s IVD Directive
9.4 Will POC testing overcome laboratory testing?

10. Key Market Predictions Europe

11. Recommendations
11.1 Country Specific Business Recommendations
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
Germany
Benelux
France

12. Recommendations for Next Steps

13. Appendices
13.1 Industry questionnaire
13.2 End User Questionnaire
13.3 Abbreviations
13.4 Selected contact numbers
13.5 Miscellaneous secondary sources of information