Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac 2018: Health Care (Healthcare) Industry Market Research, Statistics, Trends & Leading Companies

ISBN-13: 9781628314557 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 682 str.

Jack W. Plunkett

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Offers a 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.

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• Introduction 1
• How to Use This Book 3
• Chapter 1: Major Trends and Technologies Affecting the Health Care Industry 7
• 1) Introduction to the Health Care Industry 8
• 2) Continued Rise in Health Care Costs 10
• 3) Employers Fight Rapidly Growing Health Care Premiums/Require Employees to Pay a Significant Share of Costs 11
• 4) Medicare and Medicaid Spending Continue to Surge/More Baby Boomers Hit 65 Years of Age 12
• 5) U.S. Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 Rewrote the Rules and Increased Coverage, But Costs Continue to Rise 12
• 6) Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Hospital Mergers Result from the Affordable Care Act/Many Hospital Chains Grow Dramatically in Market Share 13
• 7) Concierge Care/Direct Primary Care Are on the Rise/New Twists on House Calls 14
• 8) Insurance Companies Change Strategies Due to Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Rapidly Rising Costs of Care 14
• 9) Number of Uninsured Americans Declines But Remains High 15
• 10) New Blockbuster Drugs Come to Market/Drug Prices Soar 15
• 11) Generic Drugs Have Biggest Market Share By Unit Volume, but not by Total Revenues 16
• 12) Coupons and Other Marketing Schemes Obscure the Retail Prices of Drugs in the U.S., Which Are Vastly Higher than Prices Paid in Other Nations 17
• 13) Biotech and Orphan Drugs Create New Revenues for Drug Firms 18
• 14) Quality of Care and Health Care Outcomes Data Are Available Online, Creating a New Level of Transparency 19
• 15) Malpractice Suits Are Blamed for Rising Health Care Costs/Tort Reform Is Capping Awards for Damages 20
• 16) Obesity Sparks Government Action/Snack Foods Get Healthier/Taxes on Unhealthy Foods 21
• 17) Health Care Goes Offshore, Medical Tourism and Clinical Trials Continue in China, India and Elsewhere 23
• 18) Retail Clinics, Urgent Care Centers and Employer Sites Increase Health Care Options/Reduce Costs 24
• 19) Health Care Industry Grows Rapidly in China, India and Mexico 25
• The Outlook for Health Care Technology: 26
• 20) Health Care Technology Introduction 26
• 21) RFID Helps Manage Hospital and Pharmacy Inventories 26
• 22) Electronic Health Records (EHR) Digitize Patient Records at an Accelerating Pace 27
• 23) Telemedicine and Remote Patient Monitoring Rely on Wireless 28
• 24) Stem Cells—Multiple Sources Stem from New Technologies 29
• 25) Government Support for Stem Cell Research Evolves 30
• 26) Stem Cells—Therapeutic Cloning Techniques Advance 30
• 27) Stem Cells—A New Era of Regenerative Medicine Takes Shape 31
• 28) Health Care Robotics 32
• 29) Patients’ Genetic Profiles Plummet in Price as DNA Sequencing Technologies Advance 32
• 30) Advances for Cancer Patients in Chemotherapy and Radiation, Including Proton Beams and IMRT 34
• 31) Better Imaging, including MRI, PET and 320-Slice CT, Creates Advances in Detection 36
• 32) Nanotechnology Makes Breakthroughs in Health Care 38
• 33) Artificial Intelligence (AI), Deep Learning and Machine Learning Advance into Commercial Applications, Including Health Care and Robotics 39
• Chapter 2: Health Care Industry Statistics 41
• I. U.S. Health Care Industry Overview 43
• U.S. Health Care Industry Statistics and Market Size Overview 44
• Global Health Statistics, 2011-2017 45
• Affordable Care Act Overview 46
• Domestic & Foreign Pharmaceutical Sales, PhRMA Member Companies: 1980-2015 47
• Employment in the Health Care Industry, U.S.: 2012- May 2017 48
• Employment & Earnings in Health Care Practitioner & Technical Occupations, U.S.: May 2016 50
• Employment & Earnings in Health Care Support Occupations, U.S.: May 2016 51
• The U.S. Drug Discovery & Approval Process 52
• U.S. FDA New Drug (NDA) and Biologic (BLA) Approvals, 2016 53
• Federal R&D & R&D Plant Funding for National Institutes of Health, U.S.: Fiscal Years 2015-2017 54
• II. U.S. Health Care Expenditures & Costs 55
• The Nation's Health Dollar: 2017 Where It Came From (Estimated) 56
• The Nation's Health Dollar: 2017 Where It Went (Estimated) 57
• National Health Expenditures & Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2009-2025 58
• National Health Expenditures by Type of Expenditure with Affordable Care Act Impacts, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 2010-2025 59
• Hospital Care Expenditures & Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2009-2025 60
• Nursing Home Care Expenditures & Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2009-2025 61
• Home Health Care Expenditures & Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2009-2025 62
• Prescription Drug Expenditures, U.S.: 1995-2025 63
• Prescription Drug Expenditures & Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2009-2025 64
• III. Medicare & Medicaid 65
• Medicare Enrollment, 1970-2091 66
• Medicare Cost & Non-Interest Income by Source as a Percent of GDP, 1970-2091 67
• Medicare Beneficiaries with Prescription Drug Coverage, Summary Report: July 2017 68
• Medicaid Enrollment & Expenditures for Medical Assistance Payments & Administration: Selected Years, 1966-2025 69
• Medicaid Enrollment and Expenditures, by Enrollment Group: Fiscal Year 2015 70
• IV.U.S. Health Insurance Coverage & The Uninsured 71
• Number & Percent of Persons of All Ages with and without Health Insurance Coverage, U.S.: 1999-2015 72
• Employers' Costs for Health Insurance, Amount & Percent of Total Compensation, U.S.: Selected Years, 2010-2016 73
• V. U.S. Vital Statistics & Population Indicators 75
• Life Expectancy at Age 65, U.S. 76
• Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults, by Age, Sex and Race/Ethnicity: U.S., 2016 77
• Chapter 3: Important Health Care Industry Contacts 79
• (Addresses, Phone Numbers and Internet Sites)
• Chapter 4: THE HEALTH CARE 500: Who They Are and How They Were Chosen 123
• Index of Companies Within Industry Groups 124
• Alphabetical Index 136
• Index of U.S. Headquarters Location by State 138
• Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by Country 141
• Individual Data Profiles on Each of THE HEALTH CARE 500 143
• Additional Indexes
• Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities 636
• Index by Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations 638
• A Short Health Care Industry Glossary 657