克林顿健康发展组织&ampampATscale：2024残疾人辅助器具市场报告（英文版）（179页）.pdf

1、Market insights and product offerings in low-and middle-income countries for digital assistive technology,eyeglasses,hearing aids,prostheses,and wheelchairs.ASSISTIVE PRODUCTSMARKET REPORT 2024iiAssistive ProductsForewordAssistive Technology(AT)enables millions of people to live healthier,more indep

2、endent,productive,and dignified lives.And by empowering persons with disabilities,the ageing population,and those with chronic conditions,itfosters inclusion and engagement in our societies andeconomies.Despite Assistive Technologys obvious value,however,not nearly enough people have access to the A

3、T that they need.Some 2.5 billion people need one or more assistive products,for example,but in low-income countries,just 10 percent of people can access the AT that they need.In some cases,this figure falls to just 3 percent.In contrast,in high-income countries,the average is closer to 90percent.So

4、 why does this inequity exist?And what can we do about it?One answer is that market failures are an important part of the problem,and correcting these failures will be vital to any sustainable solutions.Figuring out how to correct these failures has occupied ATscale since its inception and a large p

5、art of our time is devoted to figuring out pragmatic answers and finding scalable solutions.With that in mind,we commissioned the Clinton Health Access Initiative to look at individual AT markets in more detail,peeling back the layers to give us a more granular view on pricing,market segmentation,qu

6、ality issues,and the different companies involved.We have long known about market failures such as monopoly market power,trade barriers,technological barriers,and asymmetric information,for example.But this report,the first of its kind,expands and deepens that knowledge.It provides us with actionabl