Cardiac Marker Point-of-Care testing Showing Explosive Growth in the Hospital Market Sector.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c23132 ) has announced the addition of the 2004 U.S. Hospital Point-of-Care Cardiac Marker Survey to their offering.

Cardiac Marker POC testing has shown explosive growth in the hospital market sector. In 2001 Cardiac Marker POC instruments were being used in only 4% of U.S. hospitals, by 2004 this has grown to 12%. This in-depth report provides market share as well as actual vendor and instrument customer satisfaction data for the POC Cardiac Marker market segment.

This report provides:

--Coverage of the Point-of-Care Cardiac Marker hospital testing market

--Identification of important overall trends in POC in general

--Tracking of the acceptance of new technologies

--Identification of important factors affecting purchase decisions

--Invaluable insights into the POC Cardiac Marker market segment

The survey covers interviews of nearly 500 POC coordinators in hospitals with 200 beds or greater and provides a wealth of essential information including:

--A large fact-base from interviews with nearly 500 hospitals

--Analysis and assessment featuring more than 30 charts, tables and figures

--Market share and penetration for both manufacturers and instruments

--Menu and hospital test volume analysis

--Sales in the last 12 months as well as planned purchases by manufacturer

--Location and number of Instruments within the hospital

--8 measures of satisfaction with the manufacturers

--18 measures of satisfaction with the Cardiac Market POC instrument itself

Companies covered in this report include:

--Abbott

--Biosite

--Roche

--Spectral

--Dade Behring 

Contents include:

Point-of-Care Trends

Hospital Usage of Point-of-Care

Changing Technologies (Use of Wireless, PDA's, Wristbands)

Connectivity

Importance Factors in Point-of-Care Instrument Selection

Cardiac Markers

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c23132