Sections
| Title | Starting Page | Number of Pages |
|---|
| Cover | 1 | 8 |
| CONTENTS | 9 | 3 |
| Glossary | 12 | 19 |
| INTRODUCTION | 31 | 2 |
| HOW TO USE THIS BOOK | 33 | 4 |
| Chapter 1 | 37 | 42 |
| 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 | 40 | 1 |
| Medicare and Medicaid Spending Continue to Surge/ Baby Boomers Pass 65 Years of Age Soon | 41 | 1 |
| U.S. Health Care Reform Act of 2010 Set to Bring Big Changes | 41 | 2 |
| Vast Number of Uninsured and Underinsured Americans | 43 | 1 |
| Few New Blockbusters: Major Drug Patents Expire While Generic Sales Growth Continues | 43 | 2 |
| Biotech and Orphan Drugs Pick Up the Slack as Blockbuster Mainstream Drugs Age | 45 | 1 |
| Quality of Care and Health Care Outcomes Data Become Available Online | 45 | 1 |
| Malpractice Suits Are Blamed for Rising Health Care Costs/Tort Reform Is Capping Awards for Damages | 46 | 1 |
| Transplants are Big Business | 47 | 1 |
| Obesity Sparks Government Action | 48 | 2 |
| Health Care Goes Offshore, Medical Tourism and Clinical Trials Thrive in China, India and Elsewhere | 50 | 1 |
| Disease Management Programs Take Root | 51 | 1 |
| Clinics Open in Retail Store Settings and Employer Sites | 51 | 1 |
| Health Care Industry Grows Rapidly in China and India | 52 | 1 |
| Health Care Technology Introduction | 53 | 1 |
| Information Technology and Health Care | 53 | 5 |
| Stem Cells Multiple Sources Stem from New Technologies | 58 | 2 |
| U.S. Government Stance on Funding for New Stem Cell Research Unclear | 60 | 1 |
| Stem Cells Therapeutic Cloning Techniques Advance | 61 | 1 |
| Stem Cells A New Era of Regenerative Medicine Takes Shape | 62 | 1 |
| Gene Therapies and Patients Genetic Profiles Promise a Personalized Approach to Medicine | 63 | 2 |
| Breakthrough New Drug Delivery Systems Evolve | 65 | 1 |
| Advances in Cancer Research and Therapies | 65 | 2 |
| Proton Beams The Ultimate Radiation Therapy | 67 | 1 |
| Better Imaging, including MRI, PET and 320-Slice CT, Creates Advances in Detection | 68 | 2 |
| Molecular Imaging will Lead to Early Detection and Early Cure of Cancerous Tumors | 70 | 1 |
| Advances in Laboratory Testing | 71 | 1 |
| Advances in Surgery | 72 | 2 |
| Other Treatment Technologies | 74 | 4 |
| Nanotechnology Makes Breakthroughs in Health Care | 78 | 1 |
| Chapter 2 | 79 | 46 |
| I. Health Care Industry Overview | 80 | 1 |
| U.S. Health Care Industry Overview | 81 | 1 |
| Global Health Statistics | 82 | 1 |
| Affordable Care Act Overview | 83 | 2 |
| Employment in the Health Care Industry, U.S.: 2004-2009 | 85 | 2 |
| Employment &Earnings in Health Care Practitioner &Technical Occupations, U.S.: May 2009 | 87 | 1 |
| Employment &Earnings in Health Care Support Occupations, U.S.: May 2009 | 88 | 1 |
| Federal R&D &R&D Plant Funding for National Institutes of Health, U.S.: Fiscal Years 2008-2010 | 89 | 1 |
| II. U.S. Health Care Expenditures &Costs | 90 | 1 |
| National Health Expenditures &Average Annual Percent Change: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 | 93 | 1 |
| National Health Expenditure Amounts by Type of Expenditure, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 | 94 | 1 |
| Hospital Care Expenditures &Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 | 95 | 1 |
| Hospital Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution &Per Capita Amount, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 | 96 | 1 |
| Nursing Home Care Expenditures &Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 | 97 | 1 |
| Nursing Home Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution &Per Capita Amount: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 | 98 | 1 |
| Home Health Care Expenditures and Average Annual Percent Change, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 | 99 | 1 |
| Home Health Care Expenditures, Percent Distribution &Per Capita Amounts, U.S.: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 | 100 | 1 |
| Prescription Drug Expenditures, U.S.: 1965-2019 | 101 | 2 |
| U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures &Average Annual Percent Change: Selected Calendar Years, 1990-2019 | 103 | 1 |
| U.S. Prescription Drug Expenditures, Percent Distribution &Per Capita Amount: Selected Calendar Years, 1980-2019 | 104 | 1 |
| Index Levels of Medical Prices, U.S.: 2004-2009 | 105 | 1 |
| III. Medicare &Medicaid | 106 | 1 |
| Medical Care Benefits in the U.S.: Access, Participation and Take-Up Rates, March 2010 | 107 | 1 |
| Projected Federal Spending on Medicare &Medicaid: 2006-2015 | 108 | 1 |
| Medicare Enrollment, 1970-2080 | 109 | 1 |
| Medicare Cost &Non-Interest Income by Source as a Percent of GDP | 110 | 1 |
| Medicare Part D Enrollment, 2010 | 111 | 1 |
| Medicare Beneficiaries with Prescription Drug Coverage, Summary Report: April 2010 | 112 | 1 |
| IV. U.S. Health Insurance Coverage &The Uninsured | 113 | 1 |
| Number &Percent of Persons of All Ages with &without Health Insurance Coverage, U.S.: 1999-2009 | 114 | 1 |
| Number &Percent of Persons of All Ages without Health Insurance Coverage, by Race/Ethnicity, U.S.: 2002-2009 | 115 | 1 |
| Number &Percent of Persons without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group, U.S.: 1999-2009 | 116 | 1 |
| Number &Percent of Persons without Health Insurance Coverage, by Age Group &Sex: U.S.: 2009 | 117 | 1 |
| V. U.S. Vital Statistics &Population Indicators | 119 | 1 |
| Projected U.S. Population Distribution by Age and Sex: 2000-2050 | 120 | 1 |
| Life Expectancy at Age 65, U.S. | 121 | 1 |
| Current Cigarette Smoking by Persons 18 Years of Age &Over: Selected Years, 1997-2009 | 122 | 1 |
| Current Cigarette Smoking by Age Group and Sex, 2009 | 123 | 1 |
| Overweight &Obesity Among Persons 20 Years of Age &Over, According to Sex, Race &Hispanic Origin: Selected Years, 1960-2006 | 124 | 1 |
| Chapter 3 | 125 | 43 |
| Chapter 4 | 168 | 34 |
| INDUSTRY LIST, WITH CODES | 169 | 2 |
| INDEX OF RANKINGS WITHIN INDUSTRY GROUPS | 171 | 13 |
| ALPHABETICAL INDEX | 184 | 3 |
| INDEX OF U.S. HEADQUARTERS LOCATION BY STATE | 187 | 4 |
| INDEX OF NON-U.S. HEADQUARTERS LOCATION BY COUNTRY | 191 | 1 |
| INDEX BY REGIONS OF THE U.S. WHERE THE FIRMS HAVE LOCATIONS | 192 | 8 |
| INDEX OF FIRMS WITH INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS | 200 | 2 |
| Individual Profiles On Each Of THE HEALTH CARE 500 | 202 | 491 |
| ADDITIONAL INDEXES | 693 | 33 |
| INDEX OF FIRMS NOTED AS HOT SPOTS FOR ADVANCEMENT FOR WOMEN &MINORITIES | 694 | 2 |
| INDEX OF SUBSIDIARIES, BRAND NAMES AND AFFILIATIONS | 696 | 30 |
