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Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac is the only complete reference to the American Health Care Industry and its leading corporations. 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. Features dozens of statistical tables covering every aspect of the industry, including Medicare expenditures, hospital utilization, insured and uninsured populations, revenues and health care expenditures as a percent of GDP. In addition, a special area covers health status of the U.S. population. The corporate analysis section features in-depth profiles of the Health Care 500, the largest and most successful firms in health care, public and private, U.S. and international, from leading companies in pharmaceuticals to managed care companies. Details for each corporation include growth plans, subsidiaries and financial results, as well as executives by title, and valuable contact information such as phone and fax numbers, website addresses and headquarters addresses.
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PLUNKETT'S HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY ALMANAC 2011 CONTENTS A Short Health Care Industry Glossary xi Introduction 1 How to Use This Book 3 Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting the Health Care Industry 7 1) Introduction to the Health Care Industry 7 2) Continued Rise in Health Care Costs 10 3) Employers Push Health Care Costs onto Employees/On-Site Clinics Begin to Appear 10 4) Medicare and Medicaid Spending Continue to Surge/Baby Boomers Pass 65 Years of Age Soon 11 5) Health Care Reform Act of 2010 Set to Bring Big Changes 11 6) Vast Number of Uninsured and Underinsured Americans 13 7) Few New Blockbusters: Major Drug Patents Expire While Generic Sales Growth Continues 13 8) Biotech and Orphan Drugs Pick Up the Slack as Blockbuster Mainstream Drugs Age 15 9) Quality of Care and Health Care Outcomes Data Become Available Online 15 10) Malpractice Suits Are Blamed for Rising Health Care Costs/Tort Reform Is Capping Awards for Damages 16 11) Transplants Are Big Business 17 12) Obesity Sparks Government Action 18 13) Health Care Goes Offshore, Medical Tourism and Clinical Trials Thrive in China, India and Elsewhere 20 14) Disease Management Programs Take Root 21 15) Clinics Open in Retail Store Settings and Employer Sites 21 16) Health Care Industry Grows Rapidly in China and India 22 The Outlook for Health Care Technology: 23 17) Health Care Technology Introduction 23 18) Information Technology and Health Care 23 19) Stem Cells-Multiple Sources Stem from New Technologies 28 20) U.S. Government Stance on Funding for New Stem Cell Research Unclear 30 21) Stem Cells-Therapeutic Cloning Techniques Advance 31 22) Stem Cells-A New Era of Regenerative Medicine Takes Shape 32 23) Gene Therapies and Patients' Genetic Profiles Promise a Personalized Approach to Medicine 33 24) Breakthrough New Drug Delivery Systems Evolve 35 25) Advances in Cancer Research and Therapies 35 26) Proton Beams-The Ultimate Radiation Therapy 37 27) Better Imaging, including MRI, PET and 320-Slice CT, Creates Advances in Detection 38 28) Molecular Imaging will Lead to Early Detection and Early Cure of Cancerous Tumors 40 29) Advances in Laboratory Testing 41 30) Advances in Surgery 42 31) Other Treatment Technologies 44 32) Nanotechnology Makes Breakthroughs in Health Care 48 Chapter 2: Health Care Industry Statistics 49 I. U.S. Health Care Industry Overview 50 U.S. Health Care Industry Overview 51 Global Health Statistics 52 Affordable Care Act Overview 53 Employment in the Health Care Industry, U.S.: 2004-2009 55 Employment & Earnings in Health Care Practitioner & Technical Occupations, U.S.: May 2009 57 Employment & Earnings in Health Care Support Occupations, U.S.: May 2009 58 Federal R&D & R&D Plant Funding for National Institutes of Health, U.S.: Fiscal Years 2008-2010 59 II. U.S. Health Care Expenditures & Costs 60 The Nation's Health Dollar: 2011 Where It Came From (Estimated) 61 The Nation's Health Dollar: 2011 Where It Went (Estimated) 62 National Health Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 63 National Health Expenditure Amounts by Type of Expenditure, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 64 Hospital Care Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 65 Hospital Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution & Per Capita Amount, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 66 Nursing Home Care Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 67 Nursing Home Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution & Per Capita Amount: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 68 Home Health Care Expenditures and Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 69 Home Health Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution & Per Capita Amounts, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 70 Prescription Drug Expenditures, U.S.: 1965-2019 71 U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change: Selected Calendar Years 1990-2019 73 U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures, Percent Distribution & Per Capita Amount: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 74 Index Levels of Medical Prices, U.S.: 2004-2009 75 III. Medicare & Medicaid 76 Medical Care Benefits in the U.S.: Access, Participation and Take-Up Rates, March 2010 77 Projected Federal Spending on Medicare & Medicaid: 2006-2015 78 Medicare Enrollment, 1970-2080 79 Medicare Cost & Non-Interest Income by Source as a Percent of GDP 80 Medicare Part D Enrollment, 2010 81 Medicare Beneficiaries with Prescription Drug Coverage, Summary Report: April 2010 82 IV. U.S. Health Insurance Coverage & The Uninsured 83 Number & Percent of Persons of All Ages with & without Health Insurance Coverage, U.S.: 1999-2009 84 Number & Percent of Persons of All Ages without Health Insurance Coverage, by Race/Ethnicity, U.S.: 2002-2009 85 Number & Percent of Persons without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group, U.S.: 1999-2009 86 Number & Percent of Persons without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group & Sex: U.S.: 2009 87 Employers' Costs for Health Insurance, Amount & Percent of Total Compensation, U.S.: Selected Years, 2005-2009 88 V. U.S. Vital Statistics & Population Indicators 89 Projected U.S. Population Distribution by Age and Sex: 2000-2050 90 Life Expectancy at Age 65, U.S. 91 Current Cigarette Smoking by Persons 18 Years of Age & Over: Selected Years, 1997-2009 92 Current Cigarette Smoking by Age Group and Sex, 2009 93 Overweight & Obesity Among Persons 20 Years of Age & Over, According to Sex, Race & Hispanic Origin: Selected Years, 1960-2006 94 Chapter 3: Important Health Care Industry Contacts 95 (Addresses, Phone Numbers and Internet Sites) Chapter 4: THE HEALTH CARE 500: Who They Are and How They Were Chosen 138 Industry List, With Codes 139 Index of Rankings Within Industry Groups 141 Alphabetical Index 154 Index of U.S. Headquarters Location by State 157 Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by Country 161 Index by Regions of the U.S. Where the Firms Have Locations 162 Index by Firms with International Operations 170 Individual Data Profiles on Each of THE HEALTH CARE 500 172 Additional Indexes Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities 666 Index by Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations 668