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Sections |
| Title | Starting Page | Number of Pages |
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| CONTENTS | 8 | 3 |
| Chapter 1 | 11 | 43 |
| Introduction to the Health Care Industry | 11 | 3 |
| Continued Rise in Health Care Costs | 14 | 1 |
| Employers Push Health Care Costs onto Employees/On-Site Clinics Begin to Appear | 15 | 1 |
| Medicare and Medicaid Spending Continue to Surge/ Baby Boomers Pass 65 Years of Age Soon | 16 | 1 |
| Medicare Changes Include Drug Benefits for Seniors/Medicare Advantage Offers Private Fee for Service Plans | 16 | 1 |
| Vast Number of Uninsured and Underinsured Americans | 17 | 1 |
| Universal Health Care Attempted on the Local Level | 17 | 2 |
| Few New Blockbusters: Major Drug Patents Expire While Generic Sales Growth Continues | 19 | 1 |
| Biotech and Orphan Drugs Pick Up the Slack as Blockbuster Mainstream Drugs Age | 20 | 1 |
| Quality of Care and Health Care Outcomes Data Become Available Online | 21 | 1 |
| Malpractice Suits Are Blamed for Rising Health Care Costs/Tort Reform Is Capping Awards for Damages | 22 | 1 |
| Transplants are Big Business | 23 | 1 |
| Hospitals Are Reengineering | 23 | 1 |
| Obesity Sparks Government Action | 24 | 2 |
| Health Care Goes Offshore, Medical Tourism and Clinical Trials Thrive in China, India and Elsewhere | 26 | 1 |
| Disease Management Programs Take Root | 27 | 1 |
| Clinics Open in Retail Store Settings | 27 | 1 |
| Health Care Technology Introduction | 28 | 1 |
| Information Technology and Health Care | 29 | 4 |
| Stem Cells Multiple Sources Stem from New Technologies | 33 | 2 |
| U.S. Government Reverses Ban on Funding for New Stem Cell Research | 35 | 1 |
| Stem Cells Therapeutic Cloning Techniques Advance | 36 | 1 |
| Stem Cells A New Era of Regenerative Medicine Takes Shape | 37 | 1 |
| Gene Therapies and Patients Genetic Profiles Promise a Personalized Approach to Medicine | 38 | 2 |
| Breakthrough New Drug Delivery Systems Evolve | 40 | 1 |
| Advances in Cancer Research and Therapies | 40 | 2 |
| Proton Beams The Ultimate Radiation Therapy | 42 | 1 |
| Better Imaging, including MRI, PET and 320-Slice CT, Creates Advances in Detection | 43 | 2 |
| Molecular Imaging will Lead to Early Detection and Early Cure of Cancerous Tumors | 45 | 1 |
| Advances in Laboratory Testing | 46 | 1 |
| Advances in Surgery | 47 | 2 |
| Other Treatment Technologies | 49 | 3 |
| Nanotechnology Makes Breakthroughs in Health Care | 52 | 2 |
| Chapter 2 | 54 | 45 |
| Health Care Industry Overview | 55 | 1 |
| U.S. Health Care Industry Overview | 56 | 1 |
| Top 10 Global Health Insurance Companies by Revenues: 2008 | 57 | 1 |
| Employment in the Health Care Industry, U.S.: 2002-2008 | 58 | 2 |
| Employment & Earnings in Health Care Practitioner & Technical Occupations, U.S.: May 2008 | 60 | 1 |
| Employment & Earnings in Health Care Support Occupations, U.S.: May 2008 | 61 | 1 |
| Federal R&D & R&D Plant Funding for National Institutes of Health, U.S.: Fiscal Years 2007-2009 | 62 | 1 |
| U.S. Health Care Expenditures & Costs | 63 | 1 |
| National Health Expenditures & Selected Economic Indicators, Levels & Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Years, 1990-2018 | 66 | 1 |
| National Health Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2018 | 67 | 1 |
| National Health Expenditure Amounts by Type of Expenditure, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2018 | 68 | 1 |
| Hospital Care Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2018 | 69 | 1 |
| Hospital Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution & Per Capita Amount, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2018 | 70 | 1 |
| Nursing Home Care Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2018 | 71 | 1 |
| Nursing Home Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution & Per Capita Amount: Selected Calendar Years 1980-2018 | 72 | 1 |
| Prescription Drug Expenditures, U.S.: 1965-2018 | 73 | 2 |
| U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures & Average Annual Percent Change: Selected Calendar Years 1990-2018 | 75 | 1 |
| U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures, Percent Distribution & Per Capita Amount: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2018 | 76 | 1 |
| Index Levels of Medical Prices, U.S.: 2003-2008 | 77 | 1 |
| Medicare & Medicaid | 78 | 1 |
| Projected Federal Spending on Medicare & Medicaid: 2005-2014 | 79 | 1 |
| U.S. Medicare Enrollment Estimates, Selected Years 2007-2080 | 80 | 1 |
| Medicare Aged & Disabled Enrollees: 1980-2008 | 81 | 1 |
| Medicare Enrollment by Type of Coverage, 1980-2008 | 82 | 1 |
| U.S. Medicare Enrollment Trends, Part A Hospital Insurance (HI): July 1970-2008 | 83 | 1 |
| U.S. Medicare Enrollment Trends, Part B Supplemental Medical Insurance (SMI): 1970-2008 | 84 | 1 |
| Medicare Beneficiaries with Prescription Drug Coverage, Summary Report: September 2009 | 85 | 1 |
| U.S. Health Insurance Coverage & the Uninsured | 86 | 1 |
| Percent of Persons of All Ages without Health Insurance Coverage, U.S.: 1997-2008 | 87 | 1 |
| Number & Percent of Persons without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group, U.S.: 1998-2008 | 88 | 1 |
| People without Health Insurance for the Entire Year, U.S.: 2007-2008 | 89 | 1 |
| Percent of Persons under Age 65 Years without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group & Sex: U.S.: 2008 | 90 | 1 |
| Percent of Persons under Age 65 with Public Health Plan Coverage & Private Health Insurance Coverage by Age Group, U.S.: 1997-2008 | 91 | 1 |
| Percent of Persons of All Ages without Health Insurance Coverage, by Race/Ethnicity, U.S.: 2008 | 92 | 1 |
| U.S. Vital Statistics & Population Indicators | 94 | 1 |
| Projected U.S. Population Distribution by Age and Sex: 2000-2050 | 95 | 1 |
| Life Expectancy at Age 65, U.S. | 96 | 1 |
| Current Cigarette Smoking by Persons 18 Years of Age & Over According to Sex & Race, U.S.: Selected Years, 1965-2007 | 97 | 1 |
| Overweight & Obesity Among Persons 20 Years of Age & Over, According to Sex, Race & Hispanic Origin: Selected Years, 1960-2004 | 98 | 1 |
