2012 Healthcare Business Market Research Handbook


April 10, 2012
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PART I: AMERICA’S HEALTH
1 GENERAL HEALTH
1.1 National Assessment
1.2 State Assessment
1.3 Metropolitan Assessment
2 PERSONAL HEALTH
2.1 Gallup Poll 2011
3 PREVALENCE OF DISEASE & ILLNESS
3.1 Summary By Disease
4 STATE-BY-STATE ASSESSMENT
4.1 Overview
4.2 Alabama
4.3 Alaska
4.4 Arizona
4.5 Arkansas
4.6 California
4.7 Colorado
4.8 Connecticut
4.9 Delaware
4.10 District of Columbia
4.11 Florida
4.12 Georgia
4.13 Hawaii
4.14 Idaho
4.15 Illinois
4.16 Indiana
4.17 Iowa
4.18 Kansas
4.19 Kentucky
4.20 Louisiana
4.21 Maine
4.22 Maryland
4.23 Massachusetts
4.24 Michigan
4.25 Minnesota
4.26 Mississippi
4.27 Missouri
4.28 Montana
4.29 Nebraska
4.30 Nevada
4.31 New Hampshire
4.32 New Jersey
4.33 New Mexico
4.34 New York
4.35 North Carolina
4.36 North Dakota
4.37 Ohio
4.38 Oklahoma
4.39 Oregon
4.40 Pennsylvania
4.41 Rhode Island
4.42 South Carolina
4.43 South Dakota
4.44 Tennessee
4.45 Texas
4.46 Utah
4.47 Vermont
4.48 Virginia
4.49 Washington
4.50 West Virginia
4.51 Wisconsin
4.52 Wyoming
5 STATE HEALTH RANKINGS
5.1 Overview
5.2 Rankings 2011
5.3 State-by-State Summary
6 METROPOLITAN MARKET PROFILES
6.1 Overview
6.2 Healthcare Market Profiles
6.3 Market Resources
PART II: HEALTHCARE SPENDING
7 NATIONAL HEALTH EXPENDITURES
7.1 Overview
7.2 Spending
7.3 Sources Of Funds
7.4 Distribution of Expenditures
8 GEOGRAPHIC VARIATIONS IN HEALTHCARE SPENDING
8.1 Overview
8.2 Dartmouth Atlas Project
8.3 Hospital Care Intensity
8.4 Regional Variations
9 DEMOGRAPHICS OF HEALTHCARE SPENDING
9.1 Overview
9.2 Healthcare Spending By Age
9.3 Healthcare Spending By Household Income
9.4 Healthcare Spending By Household Type
9.5 Healthcare Spending By Race And Ethnicity
9.6 Healthcare Spending By Region
9.7 Healthcare Spending By Education
PART III: HOSPITALS & HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS
10 ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS
10.1 Overview
10.2 Cost Savings Through Coordinated Care
10.3 Largest ACOs
10.4 Current Status
11 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROVIDERS
11.1 Behavioral Health Hospitals
11.2 Largest Behavioral Health Providers
11.3 Community Hospital Services
11.4 Market Resources
12 CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS
12.1 Overview
12.2 Market Assessment
12.3 Largest Children’s Hospitals
12.4 Market Resources
13 COMPLEMENTARY & ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
13.1 CAM Use In America
13.2 Spending
13.3 Hospital CAM Programs
13.4 Market Resources
14 CONVENIENT-CARE CLINICS
14.1 Retail-Based Healthcare
14.2 Patient Services
14.3 Patient Satisfaction
14.4 Hospital-Operated Clinics
14.5 Market Resources
15 DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION
15.1 Overview
15.2 Hospital Construction
15.3 Largest Healthcare Design and Construction Firms
16 ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION OF HOSPITALS
16.1 Overview
16.2 Hospital Care and The U.S. Economy
16.3 State-by-State Hospital Expenditures
17 ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS
17.1 Hospital and Physician Use of EHRs
17.2 EHR Vendors
17.3 Benefits of EHRs
17.4 ARRA Funding For EHRs
17.5 Hospital-Physician Collaboration
17.6 Scribe Services
17.7 Market Resources
18 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS
18.1 Profile Of Emergency Medicine
18.2 Profile Of ED Patients
18.3 Emergency Medicine In American Hospitals
18.4 The State Of Emergency Care
18.5 Overcrowding and Diversions
18.6 Wait Times
18.7 ED Patient Satisfaction
18.8 Market Resources
19 FINANCIAL ISSUES
19.1 Critical Financial Issues In Healthcare
20 GROUP PURCHASING ORGANIZATIONS
20.1 Market Assessment
20.2 Largest GPOs
20.3 Value Of GPO Relationships
20.4 GPO Services
20.5 Scrutiny Of GPO Operations
20.6 Market Resources
21 HOME CARE
21.1 Overview
21.2 Market Assessment
21.3 Hospitals In The Home Care Market
21.4 Private Sector Home Care
21.5 Market Resources
22 HOSPICE & PALLIATIVE CARE
22.1 Overview
22.2 Market Assessment
22.3 Hospice Care
22.4 Hospital Palliative Care
22.5 Market Resources
23 HOSPITAL PATIENT DIAGNOSES, PROCEDURES & SPENDING
23.1 Overview
23.2 Most Frequent Primary Diagnoses
23.3 Most Frequent Procedures
23.4 Spending For Most Frequent Procedures
24 HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS
24.1 Incidence and Mortality
24.2 Antibiotic-Resistant Infections
24.3 Infection Control Programs
24.4 Infection Prevention Practices
24.5 Hospital Design
24.6 Market Resources
25 HOSPITAL-PHYSICIAN RELATIONS
25.1 Overview
25.2 Status and Issues
25.3 Trends
26 HOSPITALS IN PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE
26.1 Overview
26.2 Core Principals
27 IMAGING
27.1 Market Assessment
27.2 CT Scans
27.3 Magnetic Resonance Imaging
27.4 Positron Emission Tomography
28 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
28.1 Market Assessment
28.2 Assessment of Healthcare IT
28.3 Executive Opinions On Key IT Issues
27.4 Market Resources
29 LARGEST HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS
29.1 Largest Hospital Systems
29.2 Largest Hospital Chains
30 LARGEST HOSPITALS
30.1 Largest Community Hospitals
30.2 Largest U.S. Military Hospitals
30.3 Largest Academic Medical Centers
31 MARKETING
31.1 Marketing Budgets
31.2 Advertising and Promotions
31.3 Hospital Websites
31.4 Provider Social Networking
31.5 Virtual Tours
31.6 Community Outreach Programs
31.7 Market Resources
32 MEDICAL LIABILITY
32.1 Market Assessment
32.2 Professional Liability Insurance Carriers
32.3 Liability and Defensive Medicine
32.4 Tort Reform
32.5 Claims
32.6 Malpractice Awards
32.7 Apologizing For Errors
32.8 Frivolous Malpractice Lawsuits
32.9 Market Resources
33 MEDICAL TOURISM
33.1 Traveling Abroad For Medical Procedures
33.2 Health Plans Encourage Medical Tourism
33.3 Certified Foreign Hospitals
33.4 Market Resources
34 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
34.1 Assessment
34.2 Largest Deals
35 OUTSOURCING
35.1 Overview
35.2 Outsourced Services
35.3 Largest Outsourcing Firms
36 PARTNERSHIP FOR PATIENTS
36.1 Overview
36.2 Pledged Organizations
36.3 Hospital Engagement Networks
36.4 Improving Care Transitions
36.5 Market Resources
37 PATIENT COMMUNICATIONS
37.1 Health Literacy
37.2 Communications for Immigrant Patients
37.3 Communicating With Patients
37.4 Hospital Programs
37.5 Market Resources
38 PATIENT SATISFACTION
38.1 Patient Satisfaction Measurement
38.2 Trends in Patient Satisfaction
39 PATIENTS FROM OVERSEAS
39.1 Market Assessment
39.2 Marketing Overseas
39.3 U.S. Hospitals Operating Abroad
39.4 Market Resources
40 PAY-FOR-PERFORMANCE
40.1 Overview
40.2 Background
40.3 Outlook
41 POST-ACUTE & LONG-TERM CARE
41.1 Market Assessment
41.2 Hospital Discharge To Long-Term Care
41.3 Market Leaders
41.4 Assisted-Living Facilities
41.5 Long-Term Acute-Care Hospitals
41.6 Rehabilitation Hospitals
41.7 Skilled Nursing Facilities
41.8 Market Resources
42 PREPAREDNESS
42.1 Overview
42.2 Preparedness for Terrorists Threats
42.3 Preparedness for Natural Disasters
42.4 Preparedness for a Influenza Pandemic
42.5 Current Status of Preparedness
42.6 Funding
43 PREVENTABLE MEDICAL ERRORS
43.1 Never Events
43.2 Non-Reimbursement
44 PRIMARY CARE
44.1 Physician Visits
44.2 Efficient Use Of Primary Care
44.3 Strengthening Primary Care
44.4 Medical Homes
44.5 Concierge Physician Practices
44.6 Market Resources
45 PROFILE OF U.S. HOSPITALS
45.1 Data Summary
45.2 Utilization
45.3 Financial Performance
45.4 Hospital Services
45.5 State-by-State
46 QUALITY & PATIENT SAFETY
46.1 The Toll of Adverse Events
46.2 Adverse Events
46.3 National Quality Strategy
46.4 Healthcare Quality Initiatives
46.5 Quality Reporting
46.6 Market Resources
47 READMISSIONS
47.1 The Cost Of Readmissions
47.2 Reducing Readmissions
47.3 Coaches For Post-Discharge Care
48 RURAL HEALTHCARE
48.1 Overview
48.2 Staffing Challenges
48.3 Medicare Reform Provisions For Rural Healthcare
48.4 IT In Rural Hospitals
48.5 Market Resources
49 SHARED DECISION MAKING
49.1 Overview
49.2 Savings Potential
49.3 Primary Care Demonstration Sites
49.4 Breast Cancer Initiative
49.5 Market Resources
50 SPECIALTY HOSPITALS & CENTERS
50.1 Overview
50.2 Specialty Hospitals
50.3 Physician-Owned Hospitals
50.4 Ambulatory Surgery Centers
50.5 Imaging Centers
50.6 Market Resources
51 STATE SPENDING FOR HOSPITAL CARE
51.1 Percentage of Total Spending For Hospital Care
52 TELEMEDICINE
52.1 Overview
52.2 Market Assessment
52.3 Telemedicine in Rural Healthcare
52.4 Telemedicine for Remote Patients
52.5 Electronic Intensive Care Units
52.6 Telemedicine for Emergency Medical Care
52.7 Market Growth Through Telemedicine
52.8 Market Resources
53 TOP ISSUES CONFRONTING HOSPITALS
53.1 ACHE Survey
53.2 Financial Challenges
53.3 Healthcare Reform Implications
53.4 Patient Safety and Quality
54 UNCOMPENSATED HOSPITAL CARE
54.1 Overview
54.2 Cost to Hospitals
54.3 Bad Debt
55 VALUE-BASED PURCHASING
55.1 Overview
55.2 Implementation FY2013
55.3 Measures For VBP Assessment
55.4 Patient Experience of Care
55.5 Market Resources
PART IV: AWARD-WINNING HOSPITALS
56 BEST PLACES TO WORK
56.1 Overview
56.2 Top 100
57 CIRCLE OF LIFE AWARD
57.1 Overview
57.2 Awards
58 COMMUNITY VALUE INDEX
58.1 Overview
58.2 Top 100 CVI Hospitals
59 CONSUMER CHOICE AWARDS
59.1 Overview
59.2 Award Winners
60 DESIGN AWARDS
60.1 Overview
60.2 Awards
61 EMERGENCY MEDICINE EXCELLENCE AWARDS
61.1 Overview
61.2 Awards
62 HEALTHCARE ADVANTAGE AWARDS
62.1 Overview
62.2 Awards
63 LANTERN AWARDS
63.1 Overview
63.2 Awards
64 MISSION: LIFELINE AWARDS
64.1 Overview
64.2 Gold Plus Achievement
64.3 Gold Achievement Award
64.4 Silver Plus Achievement Award
64.5 Silver Achievement Award
65 MOST-HIGHLY INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE NETWORKS
65.1 Overview
65.2 IHN Ranking
66 MOST WIRED HOSPITALS
66.1 Overview
66.2 Most Wired Hospitals
67 NATIONAL QUALITY HEALTHCARE AWARD
67.1 Overview
67.2 Award Winners
68 NOVA AWARDS
68.1 Overview
68.2 Awards
69 QUEST FOR QUALITY
69.1 Overview
69.2 Awards
70 SPIRIT OF EXCELLENCE AWARDS
70.1 Overview
70.2 Awards
71 TOP 100 HOSPITALS
71.1 Overview
71.2 Top Hospitals
72 TOP CARDIOVASCULAR HOSPITALS
72.1 Overview
72.2 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals
73 TOP HEALTH SYSTEMS
73.1 Overview
73.2 Best-Performing Healthcare Systems
74 TOP-RANKED HOSPITALS IN SPECIALITY FIELDS
74.1 Overview
74.2 Ranking Of Hospitals
74.3 Ranking Of Children’s Medical Centers
PART V: HEALTH INSURANCE
75 AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
75.1 Overview
75.2 Objectives
75.3 Impact
75.4 Mandate For Individuals
75.5 Requirements for Employers
75.6 Requirements For Private Health Insurance
75.7 Expansion of Public Programs
75.8 Affordable Health Benefit Exchanges
76 AFFORDABLE HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGES
76.1 Overview
76.2 Status
76.3 Exchange Establishment Grants
77 CHILDREN’S HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM
77.1 Overview
77.2 CHIP Enrollment
77.3 CHIP Spending
78 EMPLOYER-SPONSORED HEALTH INSURANCE
78.1 Coverage
78.2 Premiums For Families And Individuals
79 INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE
79.1 Overview
79.2 Adults With Individual Insurance
79.3 Coverage Challenges
79.4 Out-Of-Pocket Spending
80 LARGEST HEALTH INSURERS
80.1 Overview
80.2 Largest Insurers
81 LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE
81.1 Overview
81.2 Market Leaders
81.3 Market Trends
81.4 Market Resources
82 MEDICAL SPENDING FOR PPO-COVERED FAMILIES
82.1 Overview
82.2 Average Annual Medical Spending
82.3 Components of Spending
82.4 Geographic Variations
82.5 Employee Share Of Spending
83 MEDICAID
83.1 Medicaid Overview
83.2 Medicaid Enrollment
83.3 State-by-State Medicaid Spending
83.4 Market Resources
84 MEDICARE
84.1 Medicare Overview
84.2 Medicare Enrollment
84.3 State-by-State Medicare Spending
84.4 Medicare Advantage Plans
84.5 Market Resources
85 NATIONAL HEALTH INSURER REPORT CARD
85.1 Overview
85.2 The 2010 NHIRC
86 PRE-EXISTING CONDITION INSURANCE PLANS
86.1 Overview
86.2 Program Administration
86.3 State Assessments
87 THE UNINSURED
87.1 Uninsured in the U.S.
87.2 Uninsured State-by-State
PART VI: PHARMACEUTICALS
88 DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS
88.1 Channel Distribution Spending
88.2 Retail Sales
88.3 Marketshare Leaders
88.4 Market Resources
89 DRUG CLASSIFICATION
89.1 ATC Classification System
89.2 Primary Drug Groups
89.3 Market Resources
90 GENERIC DRUGS
90.1 Market Assessment
90.2 Market Leaders
90.3 Patent Expirations
90.4 Market Resources
91 LARGEST BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES
91.1 Ranking By Worldwide Revenue
92 LARGEST PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES
92.1 Ranking By U.S. Revenue
92.2 Ranking By Global Revenue
92.3 Market Resources
93 MARKET OUTLOOK
93.1 Global Pharmaceutical Sales
93.2 Key Market Dynamics
93.3 Pharmerging Markets
93.4 Market Resources
94 MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
94.1 Categories Of Medical Technology Products
94.2 Market Assessment
94.3 Largest Suppliers
94.4 Market Resources
95 PROMOTIONAL SPENDING
95.1 Types of Promotions
95.2 Market Assessment
95.3 Market Resources
96 TOP-SELLING BRAND & GENERIC DRUGS
96.1 Overview
96.2 Top Single-Source Brand Drugs
96.3 Top Single-Source Generic Drugs
96.4 Market Resources
97 TOP-SELLING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS
97.1 Ranked By U.S. Sales
97.2 Ranked By Number Of U.S. Dispensed Prescriptions
97.3 Ranked By Global Sales
97.4 Market Resources
98 TOP-SELLING THERAPEUTIC DRUG CLASSES
98.1 Market Assessment
98.2 Ranked By U.S. Sales
98.3 Ranked By Number Of U.S. Dispensed Prescriptions
98.4 Ranked By Global Sales
98.5 Market Resources
PART VII: GENOMIC & REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
99 PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
99.1 Overview
99.2 The Potential Of Personalized Medicine
99.3 Linking Genes To Diseases
99.4 Overview
99.5 Current Status
99.6 Market Resources
100 GENE THERAPY
100.1 Overview
100.2 Current Research
100.3 Market Resources
101 GENETIC TESTING
101.1 Overview
101.2 Current Status
101.3 Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing
101.5 Market Resources
102 STEM CELLS
102.1 Overview
102.2 Stem Cell Research
102.3 Stem Cell Therapy
102.4 Bone Marrow and Blood Stem Cell Transplants
102.5 Cord Blood Storage
102.6 Market Resources
PART VIII: DISEASES & TREATMENTS
103 ALCOHOL ADDICTION
103.1 Prevalence
103.2 Medical Treatment
103.3 Market Resources
104 ALLERGIES
104.1 Prevalence and Economic Impact
104.2 Types of Allergies
104.3 Allergy Capitals
105 ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE & DEMENTIA
105.1 Prevalence
105.2 Mortality
105.3 Cost of Care
105.4 Coexisting Conditions
105.5 Early Detection
105.6 Research For Treatments
105.7 Genetic Influence
105.8 Influence of Physical and Mental Activity
105.9 Market Resources
106 ARTHRITIS
106.1 Prevalence
106.2 Economic Impact
106.3 Types of Arthritis
106.4 Treatment
106.5 Market Resources
107 ASTHMA
107.1 Prevalence and Mortality
107.2 Cost
107.3 Asthma Capitals
107.4 Asthma In Children
107.5 Treatment
107.6 Market Resources
108 BARIATRIC SURGERY
108.1 Overview
108.2 Impact On Obesity-Related Diseases
108.3 Risks
108.4 Centers of Excellence
108.5 Market Resources
109 BEHAVIORAL & MENTAL HEALTH
109.1 Prevalence And Economic Impact
109.2 Mental Health Expenditures
109.3 Reimbursement Parity
109.4 The State Of Mental Health And Treatment
109.5 Market Resources
110 CANCER
110.1 Prevalence
110.2 Cancer In Men
110.3 Cancer In Women
110.4 Trends In Incidence And Mortality
110.5 The Medical Treatment Marketplace
110.6 Prevention
110.7 Market Resources
111 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
111.1 Prevalence
111.2 Cost
111.3 Trends In Cardiovascular Disease
111.4 Cardiac Surgery
111.5 Prevention
111.6 Market Resources
112 CHRONIC CONDITIONS
112.1 Prevalence
112.2 Healthcare Spending
112.3 Financial Burden
112.4 Market Resources
113 CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE
113.1 Overview
113.2 Prevalence
113.3 Cost
113.4 Treatment
113.5 Prevention
113.6 Market Resources
114 COLDS
114.1 Prevalence
114.2 Costs
114.3 Diagnosis And Treatment
115 COSMETIC & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
115.1 Market Assessment
115.2 Procedures
115.3 Assessment by Gender
115.4 Market Resources
116 DIABETES
116.1 Prevalence And Mortality
116.2 Type I And Type II Diabetes
116.3 Economic Impact
116.4 Treatment
116.5 Market Resources
117 END-OF-LIFE CARE
117.1 Overview
117.2 Spending Disparities
117.3 Hospice And Palliative Care
117.4 Psychological Support
117.5 Advance Directives
117.6 Market Resources
118 HEADACHES & MIGRAINES
118.1 Prevalence And Cost
118.2 Treatment
118.3 Headache Clinics
118.4 Market Resources
119 HIV & AIDS
119.1 Prevalence And Mortality
119.2 Cost
119.3 The AIDS Epidemic
119.4 Treatment
119.5 Prevention Strategies
120 INFECTIOUS DISEASES
120.1 Overview
120.2 Prevalence
120.3 Mortality
120.4 Hepatitis C
120.5 Norovirus
120.6 Pneumonia And Pneumococcal Disease
120.7 Sexually Transmitted Diseases
120.8 Tuberculosis
120.9 West Nile Virus
120.10 Market Resources
121 INFLUENZA
121.1 Overview
121.2 Prevalence, Mortality and Cost
121.3 Flu Seasons
121.4 Flu Vaccination
121.5 Threat Of A Flu Pandemic
122 KIDNEY DISEASE
122.1 Prevalence And Expenditures
122.2 Kidney Transplants
122.3 Renal Dialysis Services
122.4 Daily At-Home Dialysis
122.5 Market Resources
123 OPHTHALMOLOGY
123.1 Cost
123.2 Prevalence
123.3 Eye Disease
123.4 Myopia And Hyperopia
123.5 Market Resources
124 ORGAN TRANSPLANTS
124.1 Overview
124.2 Organ Transplant Centers
124.3 Transplants And Donors
124.4 Wait List
124.5 Organ Procurement
124.6 Incentives For Organ Donation
124.7 Market Resources
125 ORTHOPEDICS
125.1 Orthopedic Surgery
125.2 Back Pain And Spinal Surgery
125.3 Foot And Ankle Problems
125.4 Hip Surgery
125.5 Knee Surgery
125.6 Implant Failures
125.7 Market Resources
126 OSTEOPOROSIS
126.1 Prevalence and Diagnosis
126.2 Treatment
126.3 Prevention
126.4 Market Resources
127 PAIN MANAGEMENT
127.1 Prevalence
127.2 Economic Impact
127.3 Pain Management In Hospitals
127.4 Pain Management In Children’s Hospitals
127.5 Pain Medications
127.6 Market Resources
128 ROBOTIC SURGERY
128.1 Overview
128.2 Robotic Surgery Procedures
128.3 Benefits Of Robotic Surgery
128.4 Training
129 SCREENING
129.1 Overview
129.2 USPSTF Recommendations
130 SLEEP DISORDERS
130.1 Prevalence
130.2 Economic Impact
130.3 Sleep And Overall Health
130.4 Most Sleep-Deprived Cities
130.5 Treatment
130.6 Market Resources
131 SUBSTANCE ABUSE
131.1 Prevalence And Cost
131.2 Medical Treatment
131.3 Prevention
131.4 Market Resources
132 SURGERY
132.1 Overview
132.2 Inpatient Procedures
132.3 Quality Standards
132.4 Elective Surgery
132.5 Market Resources
PART IX: HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
133 HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE
133.1 Overview
133.2 Largest Employers
134 HOSPITAL EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
134.1 Overview
134.2 Executive Compensation
134.3 Hospital CEO/President Compensation
135 HOSPITAL EXECUTIVES
135.1 Hospital CEO Turnover
135.2 Healthcare Executive Recruitment
136 MEDICAL SCHOOLS
136.1 Overview
136.2 Largest Medical Schools
136.3 Teaching Hospitals
136.4 New Medical Schools
137 NURSE PRACTITIONERS & PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS
137.1 Overview
137.2 Nurse Practitioners
137.3 Physician Assistants
137.4 Practice Settings
137.5 Market Resources
138 NURSES
138.1 Licensed Registered Nurses
138.2 Nurses and Healthcare Quality
138.3 Nurse Shortages
138.4 Clinical Nurse Leaders
138.5 Market Resources
139 NURSING SCHOOLS
139.1 Overview
139.2 Largest Nursing Schools
139.3 Doctorate In Nursing
139.4 Market Resources
140 PHYSICIAN COMPENSATION
140.1 Overview
140.2 Compensation For Physician Specialities
140.3 Salary Surveys
141 PHYSICIANS
141.1 Physician Supply
141.2 Demographics
141.3 Specialists
141.4 Physician Shortages
141.5 Group Practices
141.6 Hospital-Employed Physicians
141.7 Hospitalists
141.8 Locum Tenens
141.9 Market Resources
142 UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS IN HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
142.1 Overview
142.2 Largest Master’s Programs
142.3 Market Resources
PART X: HEALTHCARE ONLINE
143 CONSUMER USE OF ONLINE HEALTH INFORMATION
143.1 Use Of Online Information About Health Topics
143.2 Online Sources For Health Information
143.3 Healthcare-Focused Social Networking
143.4 Online Patient Groups
144 DEMOGRAPHICS OF ONLINE HEALTH INFORMATION USERS
144.1 Overview
144.2 Research About Specific Diseases or Medical Problems
144.3 Research About Medical Treatments or Procedures
144.4 Research About Fitness or Exercise
144.5 Research About Prescription and OTC Medicines
144.6 Research About Health Insurance
144.7 Research About Alternative Treatments and Medicines
144.8 Research About Weight Control
144.9 Research About Mental Health Issues
144.10 Research About Experimental Treatments or Medicines
144.11 Research About Health During Overseas Travel
145 HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE
145.1 Overview
145.2 Guide To HIE Organizations
146 MOBILE HEALTH APPS
146.1 Use Of Health Apps
146.2 Physician Use of Wireless Services
147 PERSONAL HEALTH RECORDS
147.1 Overview
147.2 Defining PHRs
147.3 Consumer Use of PHRs
147.4 Commercial PHR Systems
147.5 Compatibility Issues
147.6 Pilot Projects
148 PHYSICIAN SERVICES ONLINE
148.1 Types Of Services
148.2 Virtual Visits
148.3 E-mail Communications With Doctors
148.4 Remote Second Opinions
149 PROVIDER RATINGS ONLINE
149.1 Overview
149.2 Hospital Compare
149.3 Quality Initiatives
149.4 State Healthcare Agency and Association Sites
149.5 Consumer Reviews
150 SHOPPING ONLINE FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS
150.1 Overview
150.2 Use of Online Information About Hospitals
150.3 Use of Online Information About Physicians
150.4 Use of Provider Ratings Data
150.5 Use of Reviews
150.6 Comparison Shopping For Healthcare Services
PART XI: STATE & METROPOLITAN PREVALENCE DATA
151 ARTHRITIS
151.1 National Assessment
151.2 State Assessment
151.3 Metropolitan Assessment
152 ASTHMA
152.1 National Assessment
152.2 State Assessment
152.3 Metropolitan Assessment
153 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
153.1 National Assessment
153.2 State Assessment
153.3 Metropolitan Assessment
154 CHOLESTEROL
154.1 National Assessment
154.2 State Assessment
154.3 Metropolitan Assessment
155 DIABETES
155.1 National Assessment
155.2 State Assessment
155.3 Metropolitan Assessment
156 DISABILITY
156.1 National Assessment
156.2 State Assessment
156.3 Metropolitan Assessment
157 EXERCISE
157.1 National Assessment
157.2 State Assessment
157.3 Metropolitan Assessment
158 HYPERTENSION
158.1 National Assessment
158.2 State Assessment
158.3 Metropolitan Assessment
159 OVERWEIGHT & OBESITY
159.1 National Assessment
159.2 State Assessment
159.3 Metropolitan Assessment
160 TOBACCO USE
160.1 National Assessment
160.2 State Assessment
160.3 Metropolitan Assessment
MARKET RESOURCES
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