Lighting
is one of the important aspects in hospital infrastructure. Ambient
lighting in hospital rooms and premises influence the various
activities in hospitals such as effective accomplishment of visual
tasks and thereby reducing errors and controlling the body’s
circadian system. Moreover, it also influences the mood and
perception of patients and healthcare staff. Hence, hospital lighting
and its efficient implementation is being considered as a critical
parameter in the hospital infrastructure development.
The
market of hospital lighting can be segmented on the basis of types of
lighting technologies such as fluorescent, incandescen and LED
lighting technology. Additionally, the market can also be fragmented
into types of lights such as surface mount lights, wraparound lights,
troffers, parabolic bulbs, emergency lights and others. Moreover, the
market can be segmented on the basis of hospital premises such as
operating rooms, patient wards/rooms, diagnostic and imaging centers,
mortuary, external hospital lighting and corridors and ancillary
service rooms (kitchen, laundry, storage rooms) in hospitals.
Furthermore,
on the basis of geography, the hospital lighting market can be
divided into four distinct regions of the globe, namely; North
America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Rest of the World (RoW). North
America is considered as the largest market for hospital lighting
products due to strong medical infrastructure and wide number of
patients being treated in various hospitals. This is followed by
Europe. However, Asia-Pacific is anticipated to be the fastest
growing region during the forecast period from 2014 to 2020 due to
rapid increase in medical tourism, strong patient base and growing
healthcare infrastructure and expenditure.
The
market of hospital lighting is anticipated to witness a steady growth
during the forecast period from 2014 to 2020. Large number of
multi-specialty and super-specialty hospitals in developed nations
such as the U.S., the U.K. and Canada and increasing emphasis of
patient oriented services by such hospitals are considered the key
factors propelling market growth. For instance, a private research
study found that the patients in hospitals are exposed for around 105
lux lighting daily, however approximately 1500 lux lighting is
essential for maintenance of normal body cycle. In the low lighting
exposure, patients usually suffer from depression, anxiety and
fatigue and hence hospitals are rapidly coping up with the lighting
standards to provide ambient hospital environment to the patients.
Thus, these rising emphasis on patient oriented services by the
healthcare organizations would boost market growth. Similarly, rising
prevalence of chronic disease that requires inpatient services would
boost the number of multi-specialty hospitals in the near future.
For
instance, cardiac diseases are considered one of the most important
inpatient diseases in which patients are required to stay in the
hospital for certain period. With rising prevalence of such diseases
and other conditions (accidents, suicidal attempts and age related
disorders), number of patients admitting in the hospitals is also
increasing at a constant rate. This fact is considered as another
major driver of this market growth. These factors, altogether, are
anticipated to accelerate the growth of the hospital lighting market
during the forecast period from 2014 to 2020. On the other hand, high
cost and longer life span of modern lighting products are anticipated
to key factors that would hamper market growth. Average lifespan of a
LED light is around 50,000 work hours. This long life span of modern
lights decreases the re-purchase of products in shorter period of
time and hence would hamper market growth.
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