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.
Some of the major
players operating in this market include Lumax Lighting, Cree Lighting, Inc.,
Thorn Lighting Ltd., Zumtobel Lighting Ltd., KLS Martin Group, Hill-Rom
Holdings, Inc., Medisana AG and Drager AG amongst others.
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