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Published by: Plunkett Research, Ltd.
Published: Oct. 16, 2009 - 730 Pages
Table of Contents
- A Short Health Care Industry Glossary
- Introduction
- How to Use This Book
- 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/On-Site Clinics Begin to Appear
- 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) Vast Number of Uninsured and Underinsured Americans
- 7) Universal Health Care Attempted on the Local Level
- 8) Few New Blockbusters: Major Drug Patents Expire While Generic Sales Growth Continues
- 9) Biotech and Orphan Drugs Pick Up the Slack as Blockbuster Mainstream Drugs Age
- 10) Quality of Care and Health Care Outcomes Data Become Available Online
- 11) Malpractice Suits Are Blamed for Rising Health Care Costs/Tort Reform Is Capping Awards for Damages
- 12) Transplants Are Big Business
- 13) Hospitals are Reengineering
- 14) Obesity Sparks Government Action
- 15) Health Care Goes Offshore, Medical Tourism and Clinical Trials Thrive in China, India and Elsewhere
- 16) Disease Management Programs Take Root
- 17) Clinics Open in Retail Store Settings The Outlook for Health Care Technology:
- 18) Health Care Technology Introduction
- 19) Information Technology and Health Care
- 20) Stem Cells—Multiple Sources Stem from New Technologies
- 21) U.S. Government Reverses Ban on Funding for New Stem Cell Research
- 22) Stem Cells—Therapeutic Cloning Techniques Advance
- 23) Stem Cells—A New Era of Regenerative Medicine Takes Shape
- 24) Gene Therapies and Patients’ Genetic Profiles Promise a Personalized Approach to Medicine
- 25) Breakthrough New Drug Delivery Systems Evolve
- 26) Advances in Cancer Research and Therapies
- 27) Proton Beams—The Ultimate Radiation Therapy
- 28) Better Imaging, including MRI, PET and 320-Slice CT, Creates Advances in Detection
- 29) Molecular Imaging will Lead to Early Detection and Early Cure of Cancerous Tumors
- 30) Advances in Laboratory Testing
- 31) Advances in Surgery
- 32) Other Treatment Technologies
- 33) Nanotechnology Makes Breakthroughs in Health Care
- Chapter 2: Health Care Industry Statistics
- I. U.S. Health Care Industry Overview
- U.S. Health Care Industry Overview
- Top 10 Global Health Insurance Companies by Revenues: 2008
- Employment in the Health Care Industry, U.S.: 2002-2008
- Employment & Earnings in Health Care Practitioner & Technical Occupations, U.S.: May 2008
- Employment & Earnings in Health Care Support Occupations, U.S.: May 2008
- Federal R&D & R&D Plant Funding for National Institutes of Health, U.S.: Fiscal Years 2007-2009
- II. U.S. Health Care Expenditures & Costs
- The Nation's Health Dollar, 2009: Where It Came From (Estimated)
- The Nation's Health Dollar, 2009: Where It Went (Estimated)
- National Health Expenditures & Selected Economic Indicators, Levels & Average Annual Percent
- Change, U.S. Selected Years, 1990-2018
- National Health Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2018
- National Health Expenditure Amounts by Type of Expenditure, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2018
- Hospital Care Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2018
- Hospital Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution & Per Capita Amount, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2018
- Nursing Home Care Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2018
- Nursing Home Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution & Per Capita Amount: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2018
- Prescription Drug Expenditures, U.S.: 1965-2018
- U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change: Selected Calendar Years 1990-2018
- U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures, Percent Distribution & Per Capita Amount: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2018
- Index Levels of Medical Prices, U.S.: 2003-2008
- III. Medicare & Medicaid
- Projected Federal Spending on Medicare & Medicaid: 2005-2014
- U.S. Medicare Enrollment Estimates, Selected Years 2007-2080
- Medicare Aged & Disabled Enrollees: 1980-2008
- Medicare Enrollment by Type of Coverage, 1980-2008
- U.S. Medicare Enrollment Trends, Part A Hospital Insurance (HI): July 1970-2008
- U.S. Medicare Enrollment Trends, Part B Supplemental Medical Insurance (SMI): 1970-2008
- Medicare Beneficiaries with Prescription Drug Coverage, Summary Report: September 2009
- IV. U.S. Health Insurance Coverage & the Uninsured
- Percent of Persons of All Ages without Health Insurance Coverage, U.S.: 1997-2008
- Number & Percent of Persons without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group, U.S.: 1998-2008
- People without Health Insurance for the Entire Year, U.S.: 2007-2008
- Percent of Persons under Age 65 Years without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group & Sex: U.S.: 2008
- Percent of Persons under Age 65 with Public Health Plan Coverage & Private Health Insurance
- Coverage by Age Group, U.S.: 1997-2008
- Percent of Persons of All Ages without Health Insurance Coverage, by Race/Ethnicity, U.S.: 2008
- Employers' Costs for Health Insurance, Amount & Percent of Total Compensation, U.S.: Selected Years 2004-2008
- 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, 1965-2007
- Overweight & Obesity Among Persons 20 Years of Age & Over, According to Sex, Race & Hispanic
- Origin: Selected Years, 1960-2004
- Chapter 3: Important Health Care Industry Contacts
- (Addresses, Phone Numbers and Internet Sites)
- Chapter 4: THE HEALTH CARE 500:
- Who They Are and How They Were Chosen
- Industry List, With Codes
- Index of Rankings Within Industry Groups
- Alphabetical Index
- Index of U.S. Headquarters Location by State
- Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by Country
- Index by Regions of the U.S. Where the Firms Have Locations
- Index by Firms with International Operations
- Individual Data Profiles on Each of THE HEALTH CARE 500
- Additional Indexes
- Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities
- Index by Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations
AbstractPlunkett’s Health Care Industry Almanac is the only complete reference to the American Health Care Industry and its leading corporations. Whatever your purpose for researching the health care field, you’ll find this award-winning reference book to be a valuable guide. No other source provides this massive book’s easy-to-understand comparisons of national health expenditures, emerging technologies, patient populations, hospitals, clinics, corporations, research, Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, and many other areas of vital importance. Included in the market research sections are dozens of statistical tables covering every aspect of the industry, from Medicare expenditures to hospital utilization, from insured and uninsured populations to revenues to health care expenditures as a percent of GDP. A special area covers vital statistics and health status of the U.S. population. The corporate analysis section features in-depth profiles of the "Health Care 500"; the 500 largest and most successful for-profit firms within the health care system, from the leading companies in pharmaceuticals to the major managed care companies. Details for each corporation include growth plans, divisions, subsidiaries, brand names, competitive advantage and financial results--as well as executives by title and valuable contact information such as phone, fax, website and address.
Purchasers of either the book or PDF version can receive a free copy of the company profiles database on CD-ROM, enabling key word search and export of key information, addresses, phone numbers and executive names with titles for every company profiled.
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