但是，尽管置身于防守型行业，但其销售额曾在2008至2009年急剧下滑，说明该公司对医院资本预算乃至整体经济相当敏感。
But despite being in a defensive sector , a sharp sales slowdown in 2008-2009 shows that the company is sensitive to hospitals ' capital budgets and , therefore , the economy .
防守型行业