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Sections |
| Title | Starting Page | Number of Pages |
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| CONTENTS | 9 | 3 |
| A Short Health Care Industry Glossary | 12 | 19 |
| INTRODUCTION | 31 | 2 |
| HOW TO USE THIS BOOK | 33 | 4 |
| Chapter 1 | 37 | 43 |
| Introduction to the Health Care Industry | 37 | 3 |
| Continued Rise in Health Care Costs | 40 | 1 |
| Employers Push Health Care Costs onto Employees/On-Site Clinics Begin to Appear | 41 | 1 |
| Medicare and Medicaid Spending Continue to Surge/ Baby Boomers Pass 65 Years of Age Soon | 42 | 1 |
| Medicare Changes Include Drug Benefits for Seniors/Medicare Advantage Offers Private Fee for Service Plans | 42 | 1 |
| Vast Number of Uninsured and Underinsured Americans | 43 | 1 |
| Universal Health Care Attempted on the Local Level | 43 | 2 |
| Few New Blockbusters: Major Drug Patents Expire While Generic Sales Growth Continues | 45 | 1 |
| Biotech and Orphan Drugs Pick Up the Slack as Blockbuster Mainstream Drugs Age | 46 | 1 |
| Quality of Care and Health Care Outcomes Data Become Available Online | 47 | 1 |
| Malpractice Suits Are Blamed for Rising Health Care Costs/Tort Reform Is Capping Awards for Damages | 48 | 1 |
| Transplants are Big Business | 49 | 1 |
| Hospitals Are Reengineering | 49 | 1 |
| Obesity Sparks Government Action | 50 | 2 |
| Health Care Goes Offshore, Medical Tourism and Clinical Trials Thrive in China, India and Elsewhere | 52 | 1 |
| Disease Management Programs Take Root | 53 | 1 |
| Clinics Open in Retail Store Settings | 53 | 1 |
| Health Care Technology Introduction | 54 | 1 |
| Information Technology and Health Care | 55 | 4 |
| Stem Cells Multiple Sources Stem from New Technologies | 59 | 2 |
| U.S. Government Reverses Ban on Funding for New Stem Cell Research | 61 | 1 |
| Stem Cells Therapeutic Cloning Techniques Advance | 62 | 1 |
| Stem Cells A New Era of Regenerative Medicine Takes Shape | 63 | 1 |
| Gene Therapies and Patients Genetic Profiles Promise a Personalized Approach to Medicine | 64 | 2 |
| Breakthrough New Drug Delivery Systems Evolve | 66 | 1 |
| Advances in Cancer Research and Therapies | 66 | 2 |
| Proton Beams The Ultimate Radiation Therapy | 68 | 1 |
| Better Imaging, including MRI, PET and 320-Slice CT, Creates Advances in Detection | 69 | 2 |
| Molecular Imaging will Lead to Early Detection and Early Cure of Cancerous Tumors | 71 | 1 |
| Advances in Laboratory Testing | 72 | 1 |
| Advances in Surgery | 73 | 2 |
| Other Treatment Technologies | 75 | 3 |
| Nanotechnology Makes Breakthroughs in Health Care | 78 | 2 |
| Chapter 2 | 80 | 45 |
| Health Care Industry Overview | 81 | 1 |
| U.S. Health Care Industry Overview | 82 | 1 |
| Top 10 Global Health Insurance Companies by Revenues: 2008 | 83 | 1 |
| Employment in the Health Care Industry, U.S.: 2002-2008 | 84 | 2 |
| Employment & Earnings in Health Care Practitioner & Technical Occupations, U.S.: May 2008 | 86 | 1 |
| Employment & Earnings in Health Care Support Occupations, U.S.: May 2008 | 87 | 1 |
| Federal R&D & R&D Plant Funding for National Institutes of Health, U.S.: Fiscal Years 2007-2009 | 88 | 1 |
| U.S. Health Care Expenditures & Costs | 89 | 1 |
| National Health Expenditures & Selected Economic Indicators, Levels & Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Years, 1990-2018 | 92 | 1 |
| National Health Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2018 | 93 | 1 |
| National Health Expenditure Amounts by Type of Expenditure, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2018 | 94 | 1 |
| Hospital Care Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2018 | 95 | 1 |
| Hospital Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution & Per Capita Amount, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2018 | 96 | 1 |
| Nursing Home Care Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2018 | 97 | 1 |
| Nursing Home Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution & Per Capita Amount: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2018 | 98 | 1 |
| Prescription Drug Expenditures, U.S.: 1965-2018 | 99 | 2 |
| U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change: Selected Calendar Years 1990-2018 | 101 | 1 |
| U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures, Percent Distribution & Per Capita Amount: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2018 | 102 | 1 |
| Index Levels of Medical Prices, U.S.: 2003-2008 | 103 | 1 |
| Medicare & Medicaid | 104 | 1 |
| Projected Federal Spending on Medicare & Medicaid: 2005-2014 | 105 | 1 |
| U.S. Medicare Enrollment Estimates, Selected Years 2007-2080 | 106 | 1 |
| Medicare Aged & Disabled Enrollees: 1980-2008 | 107 | 1 |
| Medicare Enrollment by Type of Coverage, 1980-2008 | 108 | 1 |
| U.S. Medicare Enrollment Trends, Part A Hospital Insurance (HI): July 1970-2008 | 109 | 1 |
| U.S. Medicare Enrollment Trends, Part B Supplemental Medical Insurance (SMI): 1970-2008 | 110 | 1 |
| Medicare Beneficiaries with Prescription Drug Coverage, Summary Report: September 2009 | 111 | 1 |
| U.S. Health Insurance Coverage & the Uninsured | 112 | 1 |
| Percent of Persons of All Ages without Health Insurance Coverage, U.S.: 1997-2008 | 113 | 1 |
| Number & Percent of Persons without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group, U.S.: 1998-2008 | 114 | 1 |
| People without Health Insurance for the Entire Year, U.S.: 2007-2008 | 115 | 1 |
| Percent of Persons under Age 65 Years without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group & Sex: U.S.: 2008 | 116 | 1 |
| Percent of Persons under Age 65 with Public Health Plan Coverage & Private Health Insurance Coverage by Age Group, U.S.: 1997-2008 | 117 | 1 |
| Percent of Persons of All Ages without Health Insurance Coverage, by Race/Ethnicity, U.S.: 2008 | 118 | 1 |
| U.S. Vital Statistics & Population Indicators | 120 | 1 |
| Projected U.S. Population Distribution by Age and Sex: 2000-2050 | 121 | 1 |
| Life Expectancy at Age 65, U.S. | 122 | 1 |
| Current Cigarette Smoking by Persons 18 Years of Age & Over According to Sex & Race, U.S.: Selected Years, 1965-2007 | 123 | 1 |
| Overweight & Obesity Among Persons 20 Years of Age & Over, According to Sex, Race & Hispanic Origin: Selected Years, 1960-2004 | 124 | 1 |
| Chapter 3 | 125 | 40 |
| Chapter 4 | 165 | 535 |
| THE HEALTH CARE 500:WHO THEY ARE AND HOW THEY WERECHOSEN | 165 | 1 |
| INDUSTRY LIST, WITH CODES | 166 | 2 |
| INDEX OF RANKINGS WITHIN INDUSTRY GROUPS | 168 | 13 |
| ALPHABETICAL INDEX | 181 | 3 |
| INDEX OF U.S. HEADQUARTERS LOCATION BY STATE | 184 | 4 |
| INDEX OF NON-U.S. HEADQUARTERS LOCATION BY COUNTRY | 188 | 1 |
| INDEX BY REGIONS OF THE U.S. WHERE THE FIRMS HAVE LOCATIONS | 189 | 8 |
| INDEX OF FIRMS WITH INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS | 197 | 2 |
| Individual Profiles On Each Of THE HEALTH CARE 500 | 199 | 501 |
| ADDITIONAL INDEXES | 700 | 31 |
| INDEX OF FIRMS NOTED AS HOT SPOTS FOR ADVANCEMENT FOR WOMEN & MINORITIES | 701 | 2 |
| INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS | 703 | 28 |
