Plunkett's Health Care Industry Trends and Statistics 2008 (Summary)

Published by: Plunkett Research, Ltd.

Published: Oct. 8, 2007 - 101 Pages

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting the Health Care Industry

1) Introduction to the Health Care Industry

2) Continued Rise in Health Care Costs

3) Employers Push Health Care Costs onto Employees

4) Medicare and Medicaid Spending Continue to Surge/Baby Boomers Pass 65 Years of Age Soon

5) Medicare Changes Include Drug Benefits for Seniors/Medicare Advantage Offers Private Fee for Service Plans

6) Adoption of Health Savings Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts Begins to Slow

7) Vast Number of Uninsured and Underinsured Americans

8) Health Care for All Tested in Several States

9) Branded Pharmaceutical Costs Soar While Growing Generic Sales Slow Overall Spending

10) Biotech Drugs Pick Up the Slack as Blockbuster Mainstream Drugs Age

11) Critical Lack of Qualified Nurses in the U.S. Continues Despite Federal Efforts

12) Patients Are Seeking Quality of Care Data

13) Malpractice Suits Are Blamed for Rising Health Care Costs/Tort Reform Is Capping Awards for Damages

14) Transplants Are Big Business

15) Hospitals are Reengineering

16) Obesity Sparks Government Action

17) Health Care Goes Offshore, Private Clinics Thrive in China and India

18) Disease Management Programs Take Root

19) Clinics Open in Retail Store Settings The Outlook for Health Care Technology:

20) Health Care Technology Introduction

21) Information Technology and Health Care

22) Stem Cells—Controversy in the U.S. Threatens to Leave America Far Behind in the Research Race

23) Stem Cell Funding Trickles at the Federal Level While a Few States Create Funding of Their Own

24) Stem Cells—Therapeutic Cloning Techniques Advance

25) Stem Cells—A New Era of Regenerative Medicine Takes Shape

26) Gene Therapies and Patients’ Genetic Profiles Promise a Personalized Approach to Medicine

27) Breakthrough New Drug Delivery Systems Evolve

28) Advances in Cancer Research and Therapies

29) Proton Beams—The Ultimate Radiation Therapy

30) Better Imaging, including MRI, PET and 64-Slice CT, Creates Advances in Detection

31) Molecular Imaging will Lead to Early Detection and Early Cure of Cancerous Tumors

32) Advances in Laboratory Testing

33) Advances in Surgery

34) Other Treatment Technologies

Chapter 2: Health Care Industry Statistics

I. U.S. Health Care Industry Overview

U.S. Health Care Industry Overview

Top 20 Global Health Insurance Companies by Revenues: 2006

Employment in the Health Care Industry, U.S.: 2000-2006

Employment & Earnings in Health Care Practitioner & Technical Occupations, U.S.: May 2006

Employment & Earnings in Health Care Support Occupations, U.S.: May 2006

Federal R&D & R&D Plant Funding for National Institutes of Health, U.S.: Fiscal Years 2005-2007

II. U.S. Health Care Expenditures & Costs

The Nation's Health Dollar, 2007: Where It Came From (Estimated)

The Nation's Health Dollar, 2007: Where It Went (Estimated)

National Health Expenditures & Selected Economic Indicators, Levels & Average Annual Percent

Change, U.S.: Selected Years, 1990-2016

National Health Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2016

National Health Expenditure Amounts by Type of Expenditure, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years

1980-2016

Hospital Care Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years

1980-2016

Hospital Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution & Per Capita Amount, U.S.: Selected Calendar

Years 1980-2016

Home Health Care Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years

1980-2016

Home Health Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution & Per Capita Amounts, U.S.: Selected Calendar

Years 1980-2016

Nursing Home Care Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years,

1980-2016

Nursing Home Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution & Per Capita Amount: Selected Calendar Years

1980-2016

Prescription Drug Expenditures, U.S.: 1965-2016

U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change: Selected Calendar Years

1990-2016

U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures, Percent Distribution & Per Capita Amount: Selected Calendar

Years, 1980-2016

Index Levels of Medical Prices, U.S.: 2001-2006

III. Medicare & Medicaid

Projected Federal Spending on Medicare & Medicaid: 2003-2012

U.S. Medicare Enrollment Estimates, Selected Years 2006-2080

Medicare Aged & Disabled Enrollees: 1980-2007

Medicare Enrollment by Type of Coverage: 1980-2007

U.S. Medicare Enrollment Trends, Part A Hospital Insurance (HI): July 1970-2007

U.S. Medicare Enrollment Trends, Part B Supplemental Medical Insurance (SMI): July 1970-2007

Total Medicare Beneficiaries with Drug Coverage

Medicare Deductible, Co-Payment & Premium Amounts: 2008

IV. U.S. Health Insurance Coverage & the Uninsured

Percent of Persons of All Ages without Health Insurance Coverage, U.S.: 1997-2006

Number & Percent of Persons without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group, U.S.: 1997-2006

People without Health Insurance for the Entire Year, U.S.: 2004-2006

Percent of Persons under Age 65 Years without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group & Sex:

U.S.: 2006

Percent of Persons under Age 65 with Public Health Plan Coverage & Private Health Insurance

Coverage by Age Group, U.S.: 1997-2006

Percent of Persons of All Ages without Health Insurance Coverage, by Race/Ethnicity, U.S.: 2006

Employers' Costs for Health Insurance, Amount and Percent of Total Compensation, U.S.: Selected Years 2002-2006

V. U.S. Vital Statistics & Population Indicators

Projected U.S. Population Distribution by Age Group: 2000-2050

Life Expectancy at Age 65, U.S.

Current Cigarette Smoking by Persons 18 Years of Age & Over According to Sex & Race, U.S.:

Selected Years, 1965-2004

Overweight & Obesity Among Persons 20 Years of Age & Over, According to Sex, Race & Hispanic

Origin: Selected Years, 1960-2004

Abstract

This summary contains the complete trends and statistics chapters excerpted from our award-winning Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac--a market research guide to the health care industry. You'll receive health care market research and statistics, as well as an analysis of the trends shaping the health care industry today, from the vast number of uninsured and underinsured Americans, to the soaring cost of pharmaceuticals in the U.S., to the growing use of managed care by Medicare. In addition, we provide statistical tables such as "The Nation's Health Dollar, 2007, Where It Went" and "Prescription Drug Expenditures, U.S.: 1965-2016." Wield this highly-acclaimed tool for strategic planning, business development, or industry analysis.

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