The home medical care market - Italy (2024)

1.2 The global market

The global medical home care market is experiencing rapid growth and transformation. In ****, the value of the market was estimated at about $***.** billion. The market is expected to continue to expand at a compound annual growth rate (***) of *.** percent from **** to ****, reaching a value of about $***.** billion by ****. This represents an ...

1.3 The Italian market

Integrated home care is understood as home care delivered according to an individual care plan through multidisciplinary and multi-professional patient care. It also includes home palliative care and cases of protected discharge. The care plan consists of the definition of an organized set of medical, nursing and rehabilitation treatments necessary to ...

1.4 Inflation suffered by the sector

During periods of inflation, the consumer medical services sector tends to react with a gradual increase in prices. This phenomenon is often a response to rising operating costs, such as staff salaries, medical supplies and health technology. The increase also reflects the need to maintain the quality and availability of services ...

2.1 Main determinants of demand

The main driver of the home health care market is clearly the progressive aging of the population, a consistent trend in countries of the Western world over the past decades. Italy is one of the countries where life expectancy is among the highest in Europe and one of the countries with ...

2.2 Characteristics of the Application

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2.3 Application for CIA intakes

One of the ways in which the state provides home care services is through what is called ADI. This has four different levels of care intensity, which is measured in terms of the Coefficient of Care Intensity(***) and specialist level palliative care, delivered by specialized staff and characterized by a CIA ...

2.4 Geographical distribution of demand

The following map shows the geographical distribution of average household spending on medicines and health products in ****:

In the following instead, the cases handled for home care are analyzed:

2.5 Online interest in home health care

Searches for home health care in Italy show a variable trend with peak and trough trends. The initial value of ** in June **** peaked at ** in March ****. From there, searches declined, stabilizing around **-** in the following months. The ***.* percent increase between the minimum value in August **** (***) and the peak in March ...

2.6 New demand trends

In recent years, the demand for home health care has shown several new trends:

Technology and Telemedicine: The adoption of advanced technologies and telemedicine services is growing. Patients and healthcare professionals are taking advantage of remote monitoring devices and virtual consultations, improving the accessibility and quality of home care. Personalization of ...

3.1 Market structure

The number of active enterprises in Italy in non-residential social care for the elderly and disabled showed an overall growth of *.* percent, from *,*** to *,***. After a steady increase from **** to ****, peaking at *,*** enterprises in ****, the number dropped slightly in **** to *,*** and further to *,*** in ****, then stabilized in **** at *,***.

Number of active ...

3.2 Value Chain

*. Assessment of Patient Needs

Initial Assessment and Referral:

A health care professional performs a comprehensive assessment of the patient's needs, reviewing medical history and current condition. The patient is referred by a physician, hospital or other health care facility, determining eligibility for home care services.

*. Care Planning

Development of the ...

3.3 Geographic Distribution of Health Authorities Offering Home Health Care

Geographically, the region that has offered the most Integrated Home Care is Piedmont with ** Health Authorities, followed by Latium with ** and Sicily and Veneto with *. A total of *** Health Authorities have offered this type of service.

Regarding the totality of home medical services offered, three main organizational models can be found ...

3.4 The main players in the market

We will divide the market into * sectors:

Medical Device Manufacturers and Equipment Providers Providers of Home Care Services

The main manufacturing companies are:

Medtronic PLC: It is one of the leading global companies in the health technology sector, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. Founded in ****, the company develops and manufactures medical devices ...

4.1 Type of services

Type of Service Description Main Beneficiaries Home Medical Visits General practitioners and specialists visit patients at home for diagnosis, treatment and monitoring. Patients with reduced mobility, chronic diseases, need for frequent visits. Telemedicine Medical consultations via video calls, with the possibility of receiving advice and prescriptions. All patients, especially those in ...

4.2 The prices

The rising cost of care has been steady in recent years, forcing providers to raise rates and consider diversifying payment sources outside of private care. According to Genworth, by **** the cost of a home care aide has increased by ** percent, reaching an average annual cost of more than $**,***. Home care services-which ...

4.3 The development of telemedicine

The development of telemedicine has had a major impact on the field and deserves special attention. This term refers to the use of digital information and communication technologies, such as computers and mobile devices, to access health services remotely and manage health care. This is a segment of e-health that is ...

4.4 New trends

The market is undergoing a major revolution, also aided by the effect of Covid on the industry. The development of the Internet of Things (***), a neologism for objects gaining "intelligence" through the ability to be able to communicate data and access external information, is playing a primary role in the digitization ...

5.1 Regulation

The National Health Service (***).

The care aims to stabilize the clinical picture, limit the functional decline and improve the quality of life of the person in his or her familiar environment, avoiding, as far as possible, the use of hospitalization or in a residential facility. In any case, the ASL ensures ...

5.2 The enhancement of home care through the NRP

The National Recovery and Resilience Plan is the plan approved in **** by Italy to revive its economy after the COVID-** pandemic to enable the country's green and digital development. The total amount of money paid by the EU to Italy will be ***.* billion euros. The plan is divided into several missions, ...

6.1 Segmentation

• Medihospes
• Operatori Sanitari Associati
• Cooss Marche Onlus
• Ancora Servizi
• Home Instead
• Amedisys
• Brookdale Senior Living
• Medtronic PLC
• Baxter International Inc
• B. Braun Melsungen AG
• 3M Healthcare
• F. Hoffmann - La Roche AG