Wonder

Research Outline

Prepared for Drew H. | Delivered May 1, 2020

Catheter Usage - United States.

Goals

To determine the Catheter market in the United States by specifically identifying the common health conditions which require catheter usage, Catheter usage patterns, and the demographic data of people who use Catheters in the United States.

Early Findings

Common Health Conditions That Require Catheter UsageA health care provider may recommend that a patient uses a Catheter if they are suffering from;
 Urinary retention, where they are unable to empty the bladder.
 Urinary incontinence, where the patient is not able to control their bladder or leaks urine
After surgery in the genitals/prostrate
Cancer of the bladder and bladder obstruction.
 Spinal cord injury. 
Neurological disorders like multiple sclerosis and cerebral palsy.
Dementia and others.
Demographic Data for Catheter UsersAccording to the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), over 250,000 surgical procedures are carried out annually in the United States for BPH. Urinary incontinence is associated with growing older, and it affects around 200 million people globally.
A third of people in the United States between the age of 30 years and 70 years old encounter loss of bladder control.
Catheter Usage PatternsThe Catheter can stay intact depending on the type of Catheter it is, the material its made of, and the frequency of infections the patient gets or blockages. A Catheter can be used for between 2 weeks and 12 weeks. 
From the initial one-hour research, we were able to find some information into the Catheter market in the United States. Due to time limits, we were not able to exhaust the topic entirely.