Skilled Nursing Facility Market - Forecast(2024 - 2030)
Skilled
Nursing Facility Market Overview
Skilled Nursing Facility Market size was
valued at $298.2 billion by 2020, and is anticipated to reach $520.5 billion by
the end of 2026 growing at a CAGR of 9.8% during the forecast period 2021-2026.
The Skilled Nursing Facility market growth rate is attributed to the rise in the geriatric
population, coupled with increasing chronic diseases and age-associated
diseases creating new healthcare opportunities. Skilled nursing is a type
facility that offers 24-hour-a-day care for those who can no longer live
independently. In skilled nursing facility, trained medical professionals
provide specialized care to seniors with severe illnesses or injuries.
Specially trained staff assists residents with daily activities such as
bathing, eating, laundry and housekeeping. They may specialize in short-term or
acute nursing care, intermediate care or long-term skilled nursing care. Furthermore,
compared to hospitals; skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) offer high-quality care
services at a much lower cost, creating enormous demand among investors. The
increasing prevalence of chronic diseases in the U.S. is fueling the growth of
the industry, along with a large ageing population base. However, owing to high
costs of skilled nursing care services, along with low acceptance of these
services are the major barriers that restrain the market growth.
Skilled Nursing Facility Market Report Coverage
The report: “Skilled Nursing Facility Market Forecast
(2021-2026)”, by Industry ARC, covers an in-depth analysis of the following
segments of the Skilled Nursing
Facility Market:
By Facility Type: Freestanding,
Hospital-based and others.
By Services Type: Intensive
Rehabilitation Therapy, Low and Medium Rehabilitation, Medically Complex and
Others.
By Ownership Type: Government,
For-Profit, Non-Profit and Others.
By Geography: North
America (U.S, Canada, Mexico), Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, and
Others), APAC (China, Japan India, Australia and Others), and RoW (Middle East,
South America and Africa).
Key Takeaways
- North America dominated the Skilled Nursing Facility Market with a share of 37.16% in the year 2020.
- The factors such as rise in the geriatric population, coupled with increasing chronic diseases are amongst the major factor projected to impel growth of Skilled Nursing Facility Market.
- Reimbursement rate pressures or the introduction of new payment systems is to create opportunities paving a way for the growth in the market during forecast period 2021-2026.
Skilled
Nursing Facility Market Segment Analysis - By Facility
Type
On the basis of facility type, freestanding segment
accounted for the largest segmental revenue of the skilled nursing facility market
in 2020. Freestanding SNFs offer 24-hour skilled nursing and personal care and
are more affordable compared to hospital-based facilities. Furthermore, increased
Medicare payments are poised boost the market growth. According to MedPAC
Medicare Payment Policy, in 2017, the average Medicare margin for freestanding
SNFs was 11.2%. According to California Hospital Association, Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a new payment system to be
effective from October 2020, with Medicare payments to SNFs to increase by 2.4%.
On the contrary, hospital-based skilled nurse
facility service segment is anticipated to witness significant growth along the
forecast period 2021-2026. Hospital-based SNFs provides good quality of care
and better discharge outcomes owing to specialization and joint production.
Joint production has the benefit of better communication among nursing home
staff and hospital through health IT system. As a result, hospital-based
skilled nurse facility service segment is poised to robustly grow in the
forecast period 2021-2026.
Skilled Nursing Facility Market, By Services Type 2020(%) |
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Skilled
Nursing Facility Market Segment Analysis - By Ownership
Type
On the basis of ownership type, for-profit
facilities segment accounted for the largest segmental revenue of the Skilled
Nursing Facility market in 2020 owing to the fact that for-profit facility
emphasizes maximizing profits for owners and shareholders as well as looks to
stabilize the delivery of high-quality care and treatment all the while
ensuring financial ability in an increasingly competitive environment. Furthermore,
for-profit organizations provide incentives to operate at lower costs compared
to non-profit organizations by focusing on maximizing return on invested
capital. All these factors are anticipated to stimulate market growth during
the forecast period 2021-2026.
However, the non-for-profit
facility is poised to hold the highest growth rate with a CAGR of 9.9% over
the forecast period 2021-2026. This is owing to the fact that non-for-profit
facility is dedicated to serving seniors. They reinvest their income to focus
on staff retention and increasing wages and explore ways to improve policy and
procedures to benefit the residents and the organization, and are anticipated
to support the growth of dental healthcare in the Skilled Nursing Facility Market.
Skilled
Nursing Facility Market Segment Analysis - By Geography
North America is the major region
dominating the Skilled Nursing Facility market with a market share of 37.2% in
the year 2020. This can be attributed to the an increased awareness about the
significance of skilled nursing care services, infrastructural development,
provision of reimbursement coverage, and a well-defined regulatory framework
are driving the market’s growth over the forecast period 2021-2026. Furthermore,
on account of the rising prevalence of diseases, the U.S. is the leading
country in the North America market.
However, Asia-Pacific is projected to
be the significant-growing market during the forecast period 2021-2026 owing to the immense
opportunities, with countries such as China, India, and Japan at the top. Furthermore,
favorable factors such as beneficial government policies, an increase in
disposable incomes of people, and improved healthcare facilities is responsible
for the growth of the Skilled Nursing Facility market.
Skilled Nursing Facility Market Drivers
Increasing Incidences of Various Chronic Diseases
The
Skilled Nursing Facility market is poised to receive upswing owing to a
substantial increase in the geriatric population across the globe has
strengthened the demand for skilled nursing care services worldwide. The
increasing number of patients suffering from Alzheimer’s along with high
incidence of dementia, a common form of Alzheimer’s, is one of the key factors fueling the growth of global skilled nursing care services market. Moreover,
on-going research shows that an increase in conditions such as diabetes,
stroke, high blood pressure, and other lifestyle factors has led to an
increased incidence of Alzheimer’s, thereby driving the market for skilled
nursing care services.
Skilled
Nursing Facility Market Challenges
High Costs of Skilled Nursing Care Services
Despite several
drivers, high costs of skilled nursing care services, along with low acceptance
of these services hinders the growth of SNF adoption and market growth to
certain extent. Moreover, the institution of joint family, on the other hand,
along with social stigma regarding nursing homes, will be some of the major
challenges faced by the global skilled nursing care services market.
Skilled Nursing Facility Market Landscape
Product launches, mergers and acquisitions,
joint ventures and geographical expansions are key strategies adopted by players
in the Skilled Nursing Facility Market. In 2020, Skilled Nursing Facility Market
share is fragmented by the top ten players present in the market. Skilled
Nursing Facility Market top 10 companies are Lincare, Inc., Golden Living,
Emeritus Corporation, Genesis Healthcare, Sunrise Senior Living Inc., Genesis
HealthCare, Gentiva Health Services, Life Care Centers of America, Brookdale
Senior Living, Extendicare, Inc. and others.
Acquisitions/Product Launches
- In February 2019, Genesis Healthcare entered into real estate partnership with Next Health Capital that will be involving 15 SNFs. This strategy will broaden the SNF’s presence and help the organization to cater more patients.
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