Table 1: Number of Doctors by Specialty in Italy, 2003-2007 21
Table 2: Number of Hospital Wards by Specialty in Italy, 2003-2007 22
Table 3: Italy Healthcare Trade Statistics, 2001-2006 24
Table 4: Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices Cross Country Comparison (2000-2012) 41
Table 5: Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices, Italy, Overall Revenues ($ mn), 2000-2012 42
Table 6: Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices, Italy, Overall Revenues ($ mn), Historic, 2000-2007 43
Table 7: Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices, Italy, Overall Revenues ($ mn), Forecast, 2007-2012 44
Table 8: Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices, Italy, Category Volume (Units), 2000-2012 45
Table 9: Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices, Italy, Category Volume (Units), Historic, 2000-2007 45
Table 10: Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices, Italy, Category Volume (Units), Forecast, 2007-2012 46
Table 11: Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices, Italy Company share by Revenue ($ mn), 2006-2007 47
Table 12: Anesthesia Disposables, Italy, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment , Historic, 2000-2007 48
Table 13: Anesthesia Disposables, Italy, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment , Forecast, 2007-2012 49
Table 14: Anesthesia Disposables, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), Historic, 2000-2007 50
Table 15: Anesthesia Disposables, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), Forecast, 2007-2012 51
Table 16: Anesthesia Disposables, Italy, Average Price ($), Historic, 2000-2007 52
Table 17: Anesthesia Disposables, Italy, Average Price ($), Forecast,, 2007-2012 52
Table 18: Anesthesia Disposables, Italy, Distribution Share by Revenue, 2006-2007 52
Table 19: Anesthesia Disposables, Italy Company share by Revenue ($ mn), 2006-2007 53
Table 20: Anesthesia Machines, Italy, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment , Historic, 2000-2007 54
Table 21: Anesthesia Machines, Italy, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment , Forecast, 2007-2012 55
Table 22: Anesthesia Machines, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), Historic, 2000-2007 56
Table 23: Anesthesia Machines, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), Forecast, 2007-2012 57
Table 24: Anesthesia Machines, Italy, Average Price ($), Historic, 2000-2007 58
Table 25: Anesthesia Machines, Italy, Average Price ($), Forecast,, 2007-2012 58
Table 26: Anesthesia Machines, Italy, Distribution Share by Revenue, 2006-2007 58
Table 27: Anesthesia Machines, Italy Company share by Revenue ($ mn), 2006-2007 59
Table 28: Respiratory Devices, Italy, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment , Historic, 2000-2007 61
Table 29: Respiratory Devices, Italy, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment , Forecast, 2007-2012 62
Table 30: Respiratory Devices, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), Historic, 2000-2007 63
Table 31: Respiratory Devices, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), Forecast, 2007-2012 64
Table 32: Respiratory Devices, Italy, Average Price ($), Historic, 2000-2007 65
Table 33: Respiratory Devices, Italy, Average Price ($), Forecast,, 2007-2012 65
Table 34: Respiratory Devices, Italy, Distribution Share by Revenue, 2006-2007 66
Table 35: Respiratory Devices, Italy Company share by Revenue ($ mn), 2006-2007 67
Table 36: Respiratory Disposables, Italy, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment , Historic, 2000-2007 69
Table 37: Respiratory Disposables, Italy, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment , Forecast, 2007-2012 70
Table 38: Respiratory Disposables, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), Historic, 2000-2007 71
Table 39: Respiratory Disposables, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), Forecast, 2007-2012 72
Table 40: Respiratory Disposables, Italy, Average Price ($), Historic, 2000-2007 73
Table 41: Respiratory Disposables, Italy, Average Price ($), Forecast,, 2007-2012 73
Table 42: Respiratory Disposables, Italy, Distribution Share by Revenue, 2006-2007 74
Table 43: Respiratory Disposables, Italy Company share by Revenue ($ mn), 2006-2007 75
Table 44: Respiratory Measurement Devices, Italy, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment , Historic, 2000-2007 76
Table 45: Respiratory Measurement Devices, Italy, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment , Forecast, 2007-2012 77
Table 46: Respiratory Measurement Devices, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), Historic, 2000-2007 78
Table 47: Respiratory Measurement Devices, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), Forecast, 2007-2012 79
Table 48: Respiratory Measurement Devices, Italy, Average Price ($), Historic, 2000-2007 80
Table 49: Respiratory Measurement Devices, Italy, Average Price ($), Forecast,, 2007-2012 80
Table 50: Respiratory Measurement Devices, Italy, Distribution Share by Revenue, 2006-2007 80
Table 51: Respiratory Measurement Devices, Italy Company share by Revenue ($ mn), 2006-2007 81
Table 52: Covidien Ltd./Tyco Healthcare Pipeline Products by Equipment Type 85
Table 53: Covidien Ltd./Tyco Healthcare Pipeline Products By Development Stage 85
Table 54: Covidien Ltd./Tyco Healthcare Pipeline Products By Therapy Area 85
Table 55: Covidien Ltd./Tyco Healthcare Pipeline Products By News Summaries 85
Table 56: Currency Conversion from USD to Local Currency at 2007 Constant Rate 103
Figure 1: Total Healthcare Expenditure in Italy, 2000 - 2006 18
Figure 2: Healthcare Financing Framework in Italy, 2007 19
Figure 3: Flowchart for Classification of Non-invasive Devices in Italy, 2007 26
Figure 4: Flowchart for Classification of Invasive Devices in Italy, 2007 27
Figure 5: Flowchart for Classification of Invasive Devices in Italy, 2007 28
Figure 6: Flowchart for Classification of Invasive Devices in Italy, 2007 29
Figure 7: Flowchart for Classification of Invasive Devices in Italy, 2007 30
Figure 8: Flowchart for Classification of Active Devices in Italy, 2007 31
Figure 9: Flowchart for Classification of Active Devices in Italy, 2007 32
Figure 10: Flowchart for Classification of Devices except Non-invasive, Invasive and Active Devices in Italy, 2007 33
Figure 11: Conformity Assessment of Class-I Medical Devices in Italy, 2007 34
Figure 12: Conformity Assessment of Class-IIa Medical Devices in Italy, 2007 35
Figure 13: Conformity Assessment of Class-IIb Medical Devices in Italy, 2007 36
Figure 14: Conformity Assessment of Class-III Medical Devices in Italy, 2007 37
Figure 15: Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices Cross Country Comparison (2000-2012) 41
Figure 16: Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices, Italy, Overall Revenues ($ mn), 2000-2012 42
Figure 17: Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices, Italy, Overall Revenues ($ mn), Historic, 2000-2007 43
Figure 18: Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices, Italy, Overall Revenues ($ mn), Forecast, 2007-2012 44
Figure 19: Anesthesia and Respiratory Devices, Italy Company share (%), 2007 47
Figure 20: Anesthesia Disposables, Italy, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment , Historic, 2000-2007 48
Figure 21: Anesthesia Disposables, Italy, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment , Forecast, 2007-2012 49
Figure 22: Anesthesia Disposables, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), Historic, 2000-2007 50
Figure 23: Anesthesia Disposables, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), Forecast, 2007-2012 51
Figure 24: Anesthesia Disposables, Italy Company share (%), 2007 53
Figure 25: Anesthesia Machines, Italy, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment , Historic, 2000-2007 54
Figure 26: Anesthesia Machines, Italy, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment , Forecast, 2007-2012 55
Figure 27: Anesthesia Machines, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), Historic, 2000-2007 56
Figure 28: Anesthesia Machines, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), Forecast, 2007-2012 57
Figure 29: Anesthesia Machines, Italy Company share (%), 2007 59
Figure 30: Respiratory Devices, Italy, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment , Historic, 2000-2007 60
Figure 31: Respiratory Devices, Italy, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment , Forecast, 2007-2012 62
Figure 32: Respiratory Devices, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), Historic, 2000-2007 63
Figure 33: Respiratory Devices, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), Forecast, 2007-2012 64
Figure 34: Respiratory Devices, Italy Company share (%), 2007 67
Figure 35: Respiratory Disposables, Italy, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment , Historic, 2000-2007 68
Figure 36: Respiratory Disposables, Italy, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment , Forecast, 2007-2012 70
Figure 37: Respiratory Disposables, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), Historic, 2000-2007 71
Figure 38: Respiratory Disposables, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), Forecast, 2007-2012 72
Figure 39: Respiratory Disposables, Italy Company share (%), 2007 75
Figure 40: Respiratory Measurement Devices, Italy, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment , Historic, 2000-2007 76
Figure 41: Respiratory Measurement Devices, Italy, Revenue ($ mn) by Segment , Forecast, 2007-2012 77
Figure 42: Respiratory Measurement Devices, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), Historic, 2000-2007 78
Figure 43: Respiratory Measurement Devices, Italy, Overall Volume (Units), Forecast, 2007-2012 79
Figure 44: Respiratory Measurement Devices, Italy Company share (%), 2007 81
Figure 45: Covidien Ltd./Tyco Healthcare Value Chain Analysis 83
Figure 46: Drager Medical AG & Co. KG Value Chain Analysis 86
Figure 47: VIASYS Healthcare Inc. Value Chain Analysis 90
Figure 48: Respironics, Inc. Value Chain Analysis 94
Figure 49: Global Markets Direct Methodology 99
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