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. You'll find a complete overview, industry analysis and market research report in one superb, value-priced package.
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Plunkett Research Ltd
Imprint: Plunkett Research, Ltd
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions:
Height: 279mm,
Width: 216mm,
Spine: 35mm
Weight: 1.556kg
ISBN: 9781647880521
ISBN 10: 1647880521
Pages: 682
Publication Date: 21 October 2024
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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 The Coronavirus' Effect on the Health Care Industry 9 3 Continued Rise in Health Care Costs 10 4 Employers Fight Rapidly Growing Health Care Premiums/Require Employees to Pay a Significant Share of Costs 11 5 Medicare and Medicaid Spending Continue to Surge/More Baby Boomers Hit 65+ Years of Age 12 6 U.S. Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 Rewrote the Rules and Increased Coverage, But Costs Continue to Rise 12 7 Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Hospital Mergers Result from the Affordable Care Act/Many Hospital Chains Grow Dramatically in Market Share 13 8 Concierge Care/Direct Primary Care Are on the Rise/New Twists on House Calls 13 9 Insurance Companies Change Strategies Due to Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Rapidly Rising Costs of Care 14 10 Number of Uninsured Americans Declines But Remains High 14 11 Health Sharing Ministries Attract Millions of Members 15 12 Massive R&D Investment Required for Development and Approval of New Blockbuster Drugs/Drug Prices Soar 15 13 Fast Track Drugs Come to Market in the U.S. with FDA Cooperation 16 14 Generic Drugs Have Biggest Market Share By Unit Volume, but not by Total Revenues 17 15 America Pays Higher Prices for Drugs Than Other Nations/U.S. Government Launches Drug Price Negotiation and Control Powers for Medicare 18 16 Biotech and Orphan Drugs Create New Revenues for Drug Firms 19 17 Revolutionary New Drugs (Zepbound, Wegovy and Ozempic) Treat Obesity, Diabetes and Addiction/Show Promise for Treating Many Other Diseases 20 18 Quality of Care and Health Care Outcomes Data Are Available Online, Creating a New Level of Transparency 21 19 Malpractice Suits Are Blamed for Rising Health Care Costs/Tort Reform Is Capping Awards for Damages 22 20 Obesity Sparks Government, School and Corporate Initiatives/Snack Foods Get Healthier 23 21 Health Care Goes Offshore, Medical Tourism and Clinical Trials Continue in China, India and Elsewhere 24 22 Retail Clinics, Urgent Care Centers and Employer Sites Increase Health Care Options but Suffer Challenges 25 23 Health Care Industry Grows Rapidly in China, India and Mexico 26 The Outlook for Health Care Technology: 28 24 Health Care Technology Introduction 28 25 Electronic Health Records (EHR) Digitize Patient Records at an Accelerating Pace 29 26 Telemedicine and Remote Patient Monitoring Rely on Wireless 30 27 Stem Cells and 3D Printing—A New Era of Regenerative Medicine Takes Shape 31 28 Health Care Robotics 33 29 Patients' Genetic Profiles Plummet in Price as DNA Sequencing Technologies Advance 33 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 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 42 U.S. Health Care Industry Statistics and Market Size Overview 43 Global Health Statistics, 2017-2024 44 Employment in the Health Care Industry, U.S.: 2019 - June 2024 45 U.S. FDA New Drug (NDA) and Biologic (BLA) Approvals, 2024 47 The U.S. Drug Discovery%Approval Process 48 Federal R&D%R&D Plant Funding for Health and Human Services, U.S.: Fiscal Years 2022-2024 49 II. U.S. Health Care Expenditures%Costs 50 The Nation's Health Dollar: 2024 Where It Came From (Projected 51 The Nation's Health Dollar: 2024 Where It Went (Estimated 52 National Health Expenditures%Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2016-2032 53 National Health Expenditures by Type of Expenditure with Affordable Care Act Impacts, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 2020-2032 54 Hospital Care Expenditures%Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2016-2032 55 Nursing Home Care Expenditures%Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2016-2032 56 Home Health Care Expenditures%Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2016-2032 57 Prescription Drug Expenditures%Annual Percent Change, U.S.: 2016-2032 58 III. Medicare%Medicaid 59 Medicare Enrollment, 1975-2097 60 Medicaid Enrollment%Expenditures for Medical Assistance Payments%Administration: Selected Years, 1966-2027 63 IV. U.S. Health Insurance Coverage%The Uninsured 64 Number%Percent of Persons of All Ages with and without Health Insurance Coverage, U.S.: 2007-2022 65 Employers' Costs for Total Compensation and Health Insurance, by Selected Characteristics, U.S.: Selected Years, 2020-2024 66 V. U.S. Vital Statistics%Population Indicators 67 Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults, by Age, Sex and Race/Ethnicity: U.S., 2018 68 Chapter 3: Important Health Care Industry Contacts 69 (Addresses, Phone Numbers and Internet Sites) Chapter 4: THE HEALTH CARE 500: Who They Are and How They Were Chosen 113 Index of Companies Within Industry Groups 114 Alphabetical Index 127 Index of U.S. Headquarters Location by State 130 Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by Country 133 Individual Data Profiles on Each of THE HEALTH CARE 500 135 Additional Indexes Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities 640 Index by Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations 642 A Short Health Care Industry Glossary 659
Jack W. Plunkett is CEO & Publisher of Plunkett Research, Ltd., a Houston-based provider of market research and industry information in printed and electronic formats. Plunkett Research provides analysis, statistics and other vital data on all major industry sectors, from InfoTech to Retailing to Banking and Internet of Things. Plunkett's client list includes 10,000 leading corporations, universities and government agencies worldwide. Plunkett's products are distributed electronically through subscriptions to its online service, and around the globe by major distributors, including ThomsonReuters.Jack Plunkett is the author of numerous books, including the gold medal-winning The Next Boom: What you absolutely, positively have to know about the world between now and 2025. Plunkett is frequently interviewed as an expert source by publications such as Time magazine, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Investor's Business Daily, media outlets such as NPR's Marketplace, ABC, and Marketwatch, as well as local and regional newspapers and national columnists. Plunkett received an Academic Book of the Year Award for his Plunkett's Health Care Industry Almanac, and he was a regional finalist in the Entrepreneur of the Year Awards sponsored by EY.
