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Plunkett's Health Care Industry
Market research, business trends & statistics analysis, & business development support |  | | Get market research, industry analysis, corporate profiles, and decision makers in one resource! With Plunkett's Health Care Industry data you get the competitive intelligence you need to fully understand business trends, technologies, markets, finances and the leading companies. And, you can export mailing lists of companies and executives. |
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Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac
2009 Edition, 702 Pages
ISBN: 1-59392-132-2
Price: $299.99
Published Date: October 2008
(Next Edition: October 2009
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Health Care business trends analyzed | | The following trends are provided in our research products: |
| - Introduction to the Health Care Industry > (View Sample Data)
- Continued Rise in Health Care Costs
- Employers Push Health Care Costs onto Employees/On-Site Clinics Begin to Appear
- Medicare and Medicaid Spending Continue to Surge/Baby Boomers Pass 65 Years of Age Soon
- Medicare Changes Include Drug Benefits for Seniors/Medicare Advantage Offers Private Fee for Service Plans
- Health Savings Accounts and Health Reimbursement Accounts Put Responsibility on the Patient
- Vast Number of Uninsured and Underinsured Americans
- Universal Health Care Attempted on the Local Level
- Few New Blockbusters: Major Drug Patents Expire While Generic Sales Soar
- Biotech and Orphan Drugs Pick Up the Slack as Blockbuster Mainstream Drugs Age
- Critical Lack of Qualified Nurses in the U.S. Continues Despite Federal Efforts
- Patients Are Seeking Quality of Care Data
- Malpractice Suits Are Blamed for Rising Health Care Costs/Tort Reform Is Capping Awards for Damages
- Transplants Are Big Business
- Hospitals are Reengineering
- Obesity Sparks Government Action
- Health Care Goes Offshore, Private Clinics Thrive in China and India
- Disease Management Programs Take Root
- Clinics Open in Retail Store Settings
The Outlook for Health Care Technology: - Health Care Technology Introduction
- Information Technology and Health Care
- Stem Cells—Controversy in the U.S. Threatens to Leave America Far Behind in the Research Race
- Stem Cell Funding Trickles in the U.S. at the Federal Level While a Few States Create Funding of Their Own
- Stem Cells—Therapeutic Cloning Techniques Advance
- Stem Cells—A New Era of Regenerative Medicine Takes Shape
- Gene Therapies and Patients’ Genetic Profiles Promise a Personalized Approach to Medicine
- Breakthrough New Drug Delivery Systems Evolve
- Advances in Cancer Research and Therapies
- Proton Beams—The Ultimate Radiation Therapy
- Better Imaging, including MRI, PET and 320-Slice CT, Creates Advances in Detection
- Molecular Imaging will Lead to Early Detection and Early Cure of Cancerous Tumors
- Advances in Laboratory Testing
- Advances in Surgery
- Other Treatment Technologies
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Health Care business statistics analyzed | | The following statistical tables are provided in our research products: |
| - U.S. Health Care Industry Overview > (View Sample Data)
- Top 20 Global Health Insurance Companies by Revenues: 2007
- Employment in the Health Care Industry, U.S.: 2001-2007
- Employment & Earnings in Health Care Practitioner & Technical Occupations, U.S.: May 2007
- Employment & Earnings in Health Care Support Occupations, U.S.: May 2007
- Federal R&D & R&D Plant Funding for National Institutes of Health, U.S.: Fiscal Years 2006-2008
- The Nation's Health Dollar, 2008: Where It Came From (Estimated)
- The Nation's Health Dollar, 2008: Where It Went (Estimated)
- National Health Expenditures & Selected Economic Indicators, Levels & Average Annual Percent Change, U.S. Selected Years, 1990-2017
- National Health Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2017
- National Health Expenditure Amounts by Type of Expenditure, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2017
- Hospital Care Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2017
- Hospital Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution & Per Capita Amount, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2017
- Home Health Care Expenditures and Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2017
- Home Health Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution & Per Capita Amounts, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2017
- Nursing Home Care Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2017
- Nursing Home Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution & Per Capita Amount: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2017
- Prescription Drug Expenditures, U.S.: 1965-2017
- U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change: Selected Calendar Years 1990-2017
- U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures, Percent Distribution & Per Capita Amount: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2017
- Index Levels of Medical Prices, U.S.: 2002-2007
- Projected Federal Spending on Medicare & Medicaid: 2004-2013
- U.S. Medicare Enrollment Estimates, Selected Years 2006-2080
- 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 2008
- Medicare Deductible, Co-Payment & Premium Amounts: 2009
- Percent of Persons of All Ages without Health Insurance Coverage, U.S.: 1997-2007
- Number & Percent of Persons without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group, U.S.: 1997-2007
- People without Health Insurance for the Entire Year, U.S.: 2006-2007
- Percent of Persons under Age 65 Years without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group & Sex: U.S.: 2007
- Percent of Persons under Age 65 with Public Health Plan Coverage & Private Health Insurance Coverage by Age Group, U.S.: 1997-2007
- Percent of Persons of All Ages without Health Insurance Coverage, by Race/Ethnicity, U.S.: 2007
- Employers' Costs for Health Insurance, Amount & Percent of Total Compensation, U.S.: Selected Years 2003-2007
- 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, 1965-2006
- Overweight & Obesity Among Persons 20 Years of Age & Over, According to Sex, Race & Hispanic Origin: Selected Years, 1960-2004
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Overview of Plunkett's Health Care Industry coverage | |
Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac is the only complete reference to the American Health Care Industry and its trends, technologies and leading corporations. Whatever your purpose for researching the healthcare field, you'll find this massive book to be a valuable guide. No other source provides this book's easy-to-understand comparisons of national health expenditures, emerging technologies, information systems, pharmaceuticals, patient populations, imports, exports, corporations, research, Medicare, Medicaid, managed care, outpatient surgery, funding, medical equipment and supplies, diagnostics 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. Included is an analysis of medical and health technologies, patient care, payors and information systems.
The corporate analysis section features in-depth profiles of the 500 major companies (which we call "The Health Care 500") within the many industry sectors that make up the health care system, from the leading corporations in pharmaceuticals to the major managed care companies. Details for each corporation include executives by title, phone, fax, website, address, growth plans, divisions, subsidiaries, brand names and financial results.
The exciting new book and Online Research Center cover competitive intelligence, market research and business analysis--everything you need to know about the medical business, its trends, health technologies and leading healthcare companies, including:
- Healthcare trends analysis
- Healthcare corporate mergers, finances, funding and costs
- Managed care, HMOs, PPOs, drug benefits, provider systems and other payors
- Medicare and Medicaid, including recent reforms, senior drug benefits and the use of HMOs and PPOs
- Pharmaceuticals, over the counter drugs and generic drugs
- Medical technologies, including advances in imaging and diagnostics
- Research breakthroughs in such areas as cancer treatment and artificial organs
- Health information systems, including patient information systems and other uses of computer technology in hospitals, clinics and doctors’ offices
- Hospital utilization, medical markets and national healthcare costs
- Profiles of leading hospital companies, outpatient surgery firms and clinics
- Profiles of companies in physician practice management and dental practice management
- Health industry growth statistics and business intelligence
- Employee health benefits trends and costs, including health savings accounts and the growing use of higher co-payments for employees
- Discussions of leading firms in medical supplies, disposables, support and delivery
- A discussion of trends in health care logistics and inventory management, including the use of RFID in hospitals
- Medical claims processing
- Health care trends online, including telemedicine and access to patient records
Next, we profile hundreds of leading companies. Our company profiles include complete business descriptions and up to 27 executives by name and title. Both online and printed versions of Plunkett's Health Care Industry enable you to search, filter and view selected companies and organizations, and then to export selected company contact data, including executive names, either online or via the CD-ROM that is included with the book versions.
In one superb, value-priced package, you’ll find a complete overview, industry analysis and medical market research report. This book includes statistical tables, a health care industry glossary, health care industry contacts and associations, and thorough indexes. The corporate profiles section includes our proprietary, in-depth profiles of the 500 leading companies in all facets of the healthcare, managed care, health products, supplies and pharmaceuticals business. This data is available in printed almanac, eBook and online versions. Purchasers of the book or eBook versions may also receive a copy of the company profiles database on CD-ROM at no additional charge. This same database can be accessed by online subscribers.
Reviews:
"…This volume is a comprehensive, one-stop source for researchers of all types…This almanac provides great facts and great comparisons in an easy-to-understand format. Prepare to be amazed."
American Reference Books Annual
"Includes the latest statistics on health care trends, including the medical industry's growth rates…Highly recommended for corporate, academic, and community library…reference collections."
Midwest Book Review
"True to the publisher's claim, this is the only complete guide to the health care industry in the U.S… Highly recommended."
CHOICE magazine
"…Makes it easy to understand managed care, medical finances and the technology behind today's health care. Business people, marketers, researchers and professionals…who need in-depth information on the health care industry can benefit from this unique resource."
Health Care Quarterly- The Business Journal
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Key Health Care Topics | Managed Care
Health Services
Health Care Products
Diagnostics
Health Technologies and Systems
Pharmaceuticals, Drugs, Medicines
Hospitals, Clinics
Long Term Care
Outpatient Surgery | Supplies
Imaging and Payors
Medicare, Medicaid, HMOs, PPOs
Benefits
Insurance
Employers and Health Savings Accounts
Profiles of Leading Health Industry Firms
Executive Mailing Lists on CD-ROM | |
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