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Wheelchair, scooter market expected to grow to $5.3 billion by 2012, market research shows

Published in Biotech Business Week, January 8th, 2007

Research and Markets has announced the addition of "Worldwide Power Wheelchair, Scooter, and All Terrain Vehicle Market Opportunities, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2006 to 2012" to its offering.

Worldwide power wheelchair and scooter all terrain and regular personal vehicle markets have shifted dramatically in the last year. Vehicles are useful as personal vehicles in controlled settings, going beyond medical necessity to personal transport. Most vehicles are paid for by Medicare or private insurance as users are usually not as mobile as they wished.

There is a small proportion of the market that is not paid for by public or private insurance. Scooter...

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