Plunkett's Health Care Technologies Overview 2008 (Summary)

Published by: Plunkett Research, Ltd.

Published: Nov. 15, 2007 - 84 Pages

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Major Technologies Affecting the Health Care Industry

1) Health Care Technology Introduction

2) Information Technology and Health Care

The Internet

RFID Inventory Systems

Advanced Information Technology and Medical Records Technology

Remote Patient Monitoring

Computer Modeling

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

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

5) Stem Cells—Therapeutic Cloning Techniques Advance

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

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

8) Breakthrough New Drug Delivery Systems Evolve

9) Advances in Cancer Research and Therapies

Improvements in Chemotherapy

Novel Drugs

Advances in Radiation Therapy

IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy)

Image Guides Radiation Therapy (IGRT)

Brachytherapy

Treating Cancer with Electricity

Radio Frequency Ablation (RFA)

Viruses

Vaccines

10) Proton Beams—The Ultimate Radiation Therapy

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

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

13) Advances in Laboratory Testing

Early-Stage Testing

Cancer Testing

14) Advances in Surgery

The Hi-Tech Operating Room of the Future

Minimally Invasive and Laparoscopic Surgery

Laser Surgery

Microsurgery

Robotics

Wound and Incision Closures

15) Other Treatment Technologies

Shock-Wave Treatment

Implantable Pumps as Testing Devices

Advances in Transplantation and Immunology

Dialysis

Diabetes Treatment

Other Implantable and Replacement Devices and Therapies

Advances in Organ Replacement

Advances in Treatments for Spinal Cord Injuries

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 1980-2015

Hospital Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution & Per Capita Amount, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2015

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 technologies section excerpted from the highly-acclaimed Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac 2008. This report will be your ready-reference guide to new and developing health care technologies. Technology topics range from stem cells, to new drug delivery systems, to gene therapies. The report includes several statistical tables. Find the information you need in this carefully-researched report.

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